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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) has recently eme
 rged as the new wireless communication research frontier with the goal of 
 achieving smart and reconfigurable radio propagation environment via passi
 ve and tunable signal reflections. Featured by orders-of-magnitude lower h
 ardware and energy cost than traditional active arrays and yet superior be
 amforming performance as well as other new functionalities\, IRS is expect
 ed to be a new driving technology for future B5G/6G wireless networks\, es
 pecially for enabling them to migrate to higher frequency bands (mmWave/TH
 z). Moreover\, IRS will fundamentally transform today’s wireless network
  with active nodes solely to a new IRS-aided hybrid network comprising bot
 h active and passive components co-working in an intelligent way\, so as t
 o achieve a sustainable capacity growth with low and affordable cost in th
 e future. In this talk\, we will provide an overview of IRS\, including it
 s motivations\, promising applications in a wireless network\, communicati
 on basics\, new design challenges\, and their state-of-the-art solutions. 
 Important directions worthy of further investigation will also be discusse
 d.\n\nCo-sponsored by:  ComSoc Wireless Communications TC\n\nSpeaker(s): R
 ui Zhang\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/239510
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/239510
ORGANIZER:Pradeepa.Yahampath@umanitoba.ca
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Communication
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/239510
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div>Abstract:&nbsp\; Intelligent Reflecting 
 Surface (IRS) has recently emerged as the new wireless communication resea
 rch frontier with the goal of achieving smart and reconfigurable radio pro
 pagation environment via passive and tunable signal reflections. Featured 
 by orders-of-magnitude lower hardware and energy cost than traditional act
 ive arrays and yet superior beamforming performance as well as other new f
 unctionalities\, IRS is expected to be a new driving technology for future
  B5G/6G wireless networks\, especially for enabling them to migrate to hig
 her frequency bands (mmWave/THz). Moreover\, IRS will fundamentally transf
 orm today&rsquo\;s wireless network with active nodes solely to a new IRS-
 aided hybrid network comprising both active and passive components co-work
 ing in an intelligent way\, so as to achieve a sustainable capacity growth
  with low and affordable cost in the future. In this talk\, we will provid
 e an overview of IRS\, including its motivations\, promising applications 
 in a wireless network\, communication basics\, new design challenges\, and
  their state-of-the-art solutions. Important directions worthy of further 
 investigation will also be discussed.</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>
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