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Hot spots of reconfigurable intelligent surface technology in 2021: A review

  • SI Liming ,
  • TANG Pengcheng ,
  • DONG Lin ,
  • XU Haoyang ,
  • Lü Xin
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  • 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
    2. School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

Received date: 2021-12-29

  Revised date: 2022-01-05

  Online published: 2022-02-18

Abstract

In 2021, reconfigurable intelligent surface technology made a series of breakthroughs. As a possible emerging paradigm in future wireless network research, reconfigurable intelligent surface is expected to be a way to flexibly control electromagnetic waves through programming so as to build an intelligent wireless environment. In this paper, key hotspots of reconfigurable intelligent surface technology in 2021 are summarized. By reviewing the integration of intelligent reconfigurable surface and advanced communication technologies, including multiple input multiple output technology, non-orthogonal multiple access technology, mobile edge computing technology and UAV communication technology, the future development of reconfigurable intelligent surface technology is discusssed.

Cite this article

SI Liming , TANG Pengcheng , DONG Lin , XU Haoyang , Lü Xin . Hot spots of reconfigurable intelligent surface technology in 2021: A review[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2022 , 40(1) : 175 -183 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2022.01.012

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