Ray Tracing-Enabled Digital Twin for RIS Phase Optimization: Implementation and Experimental Validation
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| author | Karakelle, Ömer Lütfü Kayraklık, Sefa Hökelek, İbrahim Görçin, Ali Yanıkömeroğlu, Halim |
| author_facet | Karakelle, Ömer Lütfü Kayraklık, Sefa Hökelek, İbrahim Görçin, Ali Yanıkömeroğlu, Halim |
| contents | Determining the optimal phase configurations of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) elements typically requires complex channel estimation procedures with high pilot overhead, creating a bottleneck for real-time deployment in time-varying wireless environments. In this paper, we propose a digital twin (DT)-driven framework for RIS phase shift optimization that eliminates extensive signaling overhead associated with estimating high-dimensional RIS channels. Leveraging the NVIDIA Sionna ray-tracing library, we construct a DT of the physical environment based on a three-dimensional map. The proposed system utilizes the location information of the transceivers to compute the optimal RIS phase shift configurations within the DT. These computationally generated configurations are then transferred to a physical RIS prototype. Experimental results demonstrate that the phase configurations obtained from the DT significantly enhance the received signal power in the physical environment, validating the fidelity of the ray-tracing model and the feasibility of the proposed optimization strategy. |
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| spellingShingle | Ray Tracing-Enabled Digital Twin for RIS Phase Optimization: Implementation and Experimental Validation Karakelle, Ömer Lütfü Kayraklık, Sefa Hökelek, İbrahim Görçin, Ali Yanıkömeroğlu, Halim Signal Processing Determining the optimal phase configurations of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) elements typically requires complex channel estimation procedures with high pilot overhead, creating a bottleneck for real-time deployment in time-varying wireless environments. In this paper, we propose a digital twin (DT)-driven framework for RIS phase shift optimization that eliminates extensive signaling overhead associated with estimating high-dimensional RIS channels. Leveraging the NVIDIA Sionna ray-tracing library, we construct a DT of the physical environment based on a three-dimensional map. The proposed system utilizes the location information of the transceivers to compute the optimal RIS phase shift configurations within the DT. These computationally generated configurations are then transferred to a physical RIS prototype. Experimental results demonstrate that the phase configurations obtained from the DT significantly enhance the received signal power in the physical environment, validating the fidelity of the ray-tracing model and the feasibility of the proposed optimization strategy. |
| title | Ray Tracing-Enabled Digital Twin for RIS Phase Optimization: Implementation and Experimental Validation |
| topic | Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17929 |