Title Page
VITA
ABSTRACT
Contents
Notations and Abbreviations 11
Chapter 1. Introduction 12
1.1. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface 12
1.2. RIS in Wireless Communication 14
1.3. An Example 15
1.4. Organization 18
Chapter 2. Performance Analysis of Multiple RIS-aided Wireless Communication Networks 19
2.1. Uplink System model 23
2.1.1. Channel Model Description 24
2.1.2. Outage Probability Analysis 26
2.2. Downlink System Model 34
2.2.1. Channel Model Description 34
2.2.2. Outage Probability Analysis 36
Chapter 3. Results and Discussion 44
3.1. Uplink Model 45
3.2. Downlink Model 49
Chapter 4. Conclusions 55
Bibliography 57
Table 3.1. Parameters and values for analysis and simulation. 44
Figure 1.1. Structure and RIS operations relying on diodes. 13
Figure 1.2. RIS applications. 14
Figure 1.3. A single RIS-aided single-input single-output system. 15
Figure 1.4. A comparison of RIS and conventional systems. 17
Figure 2.1. Uplink model 23
Figure 2.2. Downlink model 34
Figure 3.1. Effects of N on the OP of B with M=5 and K=30. 45
Figure 3.2. Effects of M on the OP of B with N=5 and K=30. 47
Figure 3.3. Effects of the number of the reflector at RIS on the OP of B when M=6 and N=4. 47
Figure 3.4. Effects of SNR (dB) on the OP of B with M=6, N=4, and K=30. 48
Figure 3.5. Effects of N on the OP of U with M=5 and K=30. 50
Figure 3.6. Effects of M on the OP of U with N=5 and K=30. 51
Figure 3.7. Effects of the number of reflectors at RIS on the OP of U with M=6 and N=4. 52
Figure 3.8. Effects of SNR (dB) on the OP of U with M=6, N=4, and K=30. 53
Figure 3.9. The effects of the number of summation terms on closed-form expressions with M=6, N=4, and K=30. 53