Experimental Multiport-Network Parameter Estimation and Optimization for Multi-Bit RIS

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: del Hougne, Philipp
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2025
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866918086770163712
author del Hougne, Philipp
author_facet del Hougne, Philipp
contents Physics-consistent theoretical studies on RIS-parametrized wireless channels use models from multiport-network theory (MNT) to capture mutual-coupling (MC) effects. However, in practice, RIS design and radio environment are partially or completely unknown. We fill a research gap on how to estimate the MNT model parameters in such experimentally relevant scenarios. Our technique efficiently combines closed-form and gradient-descent steps, and it can be applied to multi-bit-programmable RIS elements. We discuss inevitable (but operationally irrelevant) parameter ambiguities. We experimentally validate our technique in an unknown rich-scattering environment parametrized by eight 6-bit-programmable RIS elements of unknown design. We experimentally evaluate the performance of RIS configurations optimized with the estimated MNT model and an MC-unaware cascaded model. While the models differ in accuracy by up to 17 dB, the end-to-end performance differences are small.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2507_02168
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Experimental Multiport-Network Parameter Estimation and Optimization for Multi-Bit RIS
del Hougne, Philipp
Applied Physics
Signal Processing
Physics-consistent theoretical studies on RIS-parametrized wireless channels use models from multiport-network theory (MNT) to capture mutual-coupling (MC) effects. However, in practice, RIS design and radio environment are partially or completely unknown. We fill a research gap on how to estimate the MNT model parameters in such experimentally relevant scenarios. Our technique efficiently combines closed-form and gradient-descent steps, and it can be applied to multi-bit-programmable RIS elements. We discuss inevitable (but operationally irrelevant) parameter ambiguities. We experimentally validate our technique in an unknown rich-scattering environment parametrized by eight 6-bit-programmable RIS elements of unknown design. We experimentally evaluate the performance of RIS configurations optimized with the estimated MNT model and an MC-unaware cascaded model. While the models differ in accuracy by up to 17 dB, the end-to-end performance differences are small.
title Experimental Multiport-Network Parameter Estimation and Optimization for Multi-Bit RIS
topic Applied Physics
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02168