5GIC & 6GIC
Coverage Enhancement with Power Efficient
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Dr.Mohsen Khalily
Radio Access Network Techniques for 6G Workshop
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5GIC & 6GIC
Outline
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Introduction
Control over the Propagation Environment
Network Operators’ Challenges
Current Technologies
Reconfigurable InteligentSurface
6GIC’s RRSs
Static RRS
Dynamic RRS
Multibeam and Widebeam RRS
RRS channel measurement
THz channel measurement
5GIC & 6GIC
Introduction
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•Wireless communication
engineersenvisionafullyconnectedworld
wherethereisaseamlesswireless
connectivityforEveryoneandEverything.
•Current 5G and future6G
wirelessnetworkswillberequiredtofulfil
an ever-increasingdemand for
connectivityatanunprecedentedscale.
•Thiswillrequireallfuturegenerationsofe
Smart,IntelligentandEfficient.networks
to be
5GIC & 6GIC
Control over the Propagation Environment
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5GIC & 6GIC
Network Operators’ Challenges
•Lack of seamless connectivity leading to poor quality of (QoS)especially in
harsh propagation environments.
•Supportingbillionsofonlinedeviceswithsuchhighdatawhichultimately
resultsinahighercarbonfootprintofthenetwork.
•Unevenuserdistributionduetovariouspracticalchallengesinthe
urbanenvironmentleadingtoanunequalresourceutilisationattheBSs.
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