no code implementations • 22 Dec 2023 • Christos G. Tsinos, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) operate similarly to electromagnetic (EM) mirrors and remarkably go beyond Snell law to generate an applicable EM environment allowing for flexible adaptation and fostering sustainability in terms of economic deployment and energy efficiency.
no code implementations • 23 Aug 2023 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Stylianos Trevlakis, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis
This paper focuses on providing a theoretical framework for the evaluation of the performance of holographic reconfigurable intelligent surface (HRIS) empowered terahertz (THz) wireless systems under fog conditions.
no code implementations • 2 Jun 2023 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou
Two training approaches are implemented, namely: i) conventional that requires a considerable amount of data for training, and ii) a reinforcement learning based one, which demands a shorter dataset in comparison to the former.
no code implementations • 8 May 2023 • Lamprini Mitsiou, Stylianos Trevlakis, Argiris Tsiolas, Dimitrios J. Vergados, Angelos Michalas, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos
We focus on a high-frequency, high-directional wireless system where IQI affects both the transmitter (TX) and the receiver (RX).
no code implementations • 4 Feb 2023 • Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Dimitrios Pliatsios, Konstantinos Ntontin, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, Symeon Chatzinotas, Marco Di Renzo
Finally, insights that arise from the presented analysis are summarized and used to highlight the most important future directions for localization in 6G wireless systems.
no code implementations • 10 Dec 2022 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou, Marco Di Renzo
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted unmanned areal vehicles (UAV) communications have been identified as a key enabler of a number of next-generation applications.
no code implementations • 17 Aug 2022 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Edwin Yaqub, Rachana Desai, Tachporn Sanguanpuak, Nikos Katzouris, Fotis Lazarakis, Angeliki Alexiou, Marco Di Renzo
In more detail, a fast and centralized joint user association, radio resource allocation, and blockage avoidance by means of a novel metaheuristic-machine learning framework is documented, that maximizes the THz networks performance, while minimizing the association latency by approximately three orders of magnitude.
no code implementations • 13 Feb 2022 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor Chatzidiamantis, Harilaos G. Sandalidis, Angeliki Alexiou, Marco Di Renzo
In this paper, we introduce a theoretical framework for analyzing the performance of multi-reconfigurable intelligence surface (RIS) empowered terahertz (THz) wireless systems subject to turbulence and stochastic beam misalignment.
no code implementations • 28 Jan 2022 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou, Marco Di Renzo
In this paper, we analyze the performance of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless system that is affected by mixture-gamma small-scale fading, stochastic disorientation, and misalignment, as well as transceivers hardware imperfections.
no code implementations • 3 Nov 2021 • Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor D. Chatzidiamantis, George K. Karagiannidis
Moreover, we formulate a model for the calculation of the absorption coefficient of any generic biological tissue.
no code implementations • 29 Jun 2021 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor Chatzidiamantis, Harilaos G. Sandalidis, Angeliki Alexiou, Marco Di Renzo
Building upon the derived analytical expressions, we present novel closed-form formulas that quantify the joint impact of turbulence and misalignment on the outage performance for two scenarios of high interest namely cascaded multi-RIS-empowered free space optics (FSO) and terahertz (THz) wireless systems.
no code implementations • 6 May 2021 • Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor D. Chatzidiamantis
Optical wireless communications (OWCs) have been recognized as a candidate enabler of next generation in-body nano-scale networks and implants.
no code implementations • 17 Feb 2021 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou
This paper presents an analytical pathloss model for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted terahertz (THz) wireless systems.
no code implementations • 14 Aug 2020 • Evangelos N. Papasotiriou, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Antigone Stratakou, Angeliki Alexiou
The system performance is evaluated in terms of pathgain and capacity considering the RIS design parameters, the TX/RX-RIS distance and the elevation angles from the center of the RIS to the transceivers.
no code implementations • 5 Aug 2020 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou
This paper presents the analytic framework for evaluating the ergodic capacity (EC) of the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted systems.
no code implementations • 5 Aug 2020 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Sotiris A. Tegos, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, George K. Karagiannidis
Next, we discuss the state of the art ML methodologies that are used to countermeasure the aforementioned challenges.
no code implementations • 14 Jul 2020 • Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou
This paper focuses on quantifying the outage performance of terahertz (THz) relaying systems.
no code implementations • 22 Jun 2020 • Theodoros A. Tsiftsis, Constantinos Valagiannopoulos, Hongwu Liu, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nikolaos I. Miridakis
The passive metasurface-coated devices can achieve ultra-high EE and EH besides the signal detection, combined with an enhanced secrecy rate at the legitimate user and/or improved spying capabilities of the eavesdroppers under ULP transmission.
no code implementations • 20 Jun 2020 • Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor D. Chatzidiamantis, George K. Karagiannidis
In the present work, we introduce a novel cochlear implant (CI) architecture, namely all-optical CI (AOCI), which directly converts acoustic to optical signals capable of stimulating the cochlear neurons.
no code implementations • 4 May 2020 • Giorgos Stratidakis, Georgia D. Ntouni, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Dimitrios Kritharidis, Angeliki Alexiou
In this paper, a novel hierarchical beamtracking approach, which is suitable for terahertz (THz) wireless systems, is presented.