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Main Authors: Li, Tianyou, Hu, Haifeng, Li, Dapeng
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.00407
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author Li, Tianyou
Hu, Haifeng
Li, Dapeng
author_facet Li, Tianyou
Hu, Haifeng
Li, Dapeng
contents Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) constitutes a disruptive technology for enhancing vehicular communication performance through reconfigurable propagation environments. In this paper, we propose an adaptive channel estimation framework and hybrid beamforming optimization strategy for RIS-aided vehicular multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems operating in high-mobility scenarios. To address severe Doppler effects and rapid channel variations, we design a velocity-aware pilot scheme that progressively estimates cascaded channels across two timescales, leveraging tensor decomposition and adaptive grouping of passive elements. This framework dynamically balances channel estimation accuracy and spectral efficiency, significantly reducing training overhead. Furthermore, we develop a low-complexity hybrid beamforming algorithm for both narrowband single vehicle user equipment (VUE) and broadband multi-VUE systems. For single-VUE scenarios, we derive closed-form active beamforming solutions and optimize passive beamforming via alternating optimization. For multi-VUE broadband systems, we jointly optimize subcarrier allocation, power distribution, and beamforming to maximize system throughput while mitigating inter-carrier interference (ICI) caused by Doppler spread, subject to quality-of-service (QoS) constraints and RIS hardware limitations. Our simulation results demonstrate that the proposed methods achieve substantial performance gains in channel estimation efficiency, beamforming robustness, and system throughput compared to conventional schemes, particularly under high mobility conditions.
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spellingShingle Adaptive Channel Estimation and Hybrid Beamforming for RIS aided Vehicular Communication
Li, Tianyou
Hu, Haifeng
Li, Dapeng
Systems and Control
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) constitutes a disruptive technology for enhancing vehicular communication performance through reconfigurable propagation environments. In this paper, we propose an adaptive channel estimation framework and hybrid beamforming optimization strategy for RIS-aided vehicular multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems operating in high-mobility scenarios. To address severe Doppler effects and rapid channel variations, we design a velocity-aware pilot scheme that progressively estimates cascaded channels across two timescales, leveraging tensor decomposition and adaptive grouping of passive elements. This framework dynamically balances channel estimation accuracy and spectral efficiency, significantly reducing training overhead. Furthermore, we develop a low-complexity hybrid beamforming algorithm for both narrowband single vehicle user equipment (VUE) and broadband multi-VUE systems. For single-VUE scenarios, we derive closed-form active beamforming solutions and optimize passive beamforming via alternating optimization. For multi-VUE broadband systems, we jointly optimize subcarrier allocation, power distribution, and beamforming to maximize system throughput while mitigating inter-carrier interference (ICI) caused by Doppler spread, subject to quality-of-service (QoS) constraints and RIS hardware limitations. Our simulation results demonstrate that the proposed methods achieve substantial performance gains in channel estimation efficiency, beamforming robustness, and system throughput compared to conventional schemes, particularly under high mobility conditions.
title Adaptive Channel Estimation and Hybrid Beamforming for RIS aided Vehicular Communication
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.00407