Intelligent reflecting surface-assisted terahertz communication towards B5G and 6G: State-of-the-art
Ali Raza
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorUmer Ijaz
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorMuhammad Kamran Ishfaq
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Sarosh Ahmad
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Leganes, Spain
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Sarosh Ahmad, Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMaryam Liaqat
Department of Physics, University of Okara (UO), Okara, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorFraz Anwar
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorAli Iqbal
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorMuhammad Saad Sharif
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorAli Raza
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorUmer Ijaz
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorMuhammad Kamran Ishfaq
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Sarosh Ahmad
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Leganes, Spain
Correspondence
Sarosh Ahmad, Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMaryam Liaqat
Department of Physics, University of Okara (UO), Okara, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorFraz Anwar
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorAli Iqbal
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorMuhammad Saad Sharif
Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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After the deployment of 5th generation (5G), the beyond 5G (B5G) and 6th generation (6G) communication grabs the critical attention of academia and researchers. In ongoing cellular generation, the selected radio spectrum (i.e., millimeter waves [mm-Wave]) is unable to achieve the required data rates. Future cellular generations need more data rate and link reliability to serve emerging intelligent applications of B5G and 6G (e.g., autonomous driving, virtual reality, etc.). To handle these limitations of ongoing cellular generation, the researchers are working on key factors to have a smart, high capacity and ultra-reliable propagation environment. To increase the data rate of the B5G and 6G network systems, the terahertz (THz) band is selected. However, to increase link reliability, the intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have a crucial impact on wireless network environments. Immense work has been done on the performance analysis of IRS-assisted wireless communication networks. This treatise imposes a comparison of such IRS-assisted THz communication systems, and future promising applications.
Open Research
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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