Title
Sum-Rate Maximization in Distributed Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces-Aided mmWave Communications
Abstract
In this paper, we focus on the sum-rate optimization in a multi-user millimeter-wave (mmWave) system with distributed intelligent reflecting surfaces (D-IRSs), where a base station (BS) communicates with users via multiple IRSs. The BS transmit beamforming, IRS switch vector, and phase shifts of the IRS are jointly optimized to maximize the sum-rate under minimum user rate, unit-modulus, and transmit power constraints. To solve the resulting non-convex optimization problem, we develop an efficient alternating optimization (AO) algorithm. Specifically, the non-convex problem is converted into three subproblems, which are solved alternatively. The solution to transmit beamforming at the BS and the phase shifts at the IRS are derived by using the successive convex approximation (SCA)-based algorithm, and a greedy algorithm is proposed to design the IRS switch vector. The complexity of the proposed AO algorithm is analyzed theoretically. Numerical results show that the D-IRSs-aided scheme can significantly improve the sum-rate and energy efficiency performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1109/WCNC49053.2021.9417491
2021 IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE (WCNC)
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
Millimeter-wave, distributed intelligent reflecting surfaces, sum-rate, alternating optimization
Conference
1525-3511
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yue Xiu122.40
Wei Sun271.10
Jiao Wu302.03
Guan Gui415.78
Ning Wei550.74
Zhongpei Zhang651.08