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  • Wireless Communication Networks
  • Signal Processing
  • Information Theory

Background:

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRSs) offer improved spectral and energy efficiency in wireless networks.
  • Acquiring instantaneous channel state information (I-CSI) for IRS-assisted systems is challenging due to high overhead and hardware requirements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an IRS-assisted beamforming optimization strategy that bypasses the need for I-CSI.
  • To maximize the user-achievable rate under a maximum transmit power constraint.

Main Methods:

  • A novel two-phase framework is proposed for optimizing beamforming at the base station (BS) and phase shifts at the IRS.
  • Phase 1 utilizes statistical channel state information (S-CSI) for initial beamforming design.
  • Phase 2 refines the beamforming using SNR feedback from the user equipment (UE), employing Genetic Algorithms in both phases.

Main Results:

  • The proposed methods achieve beamforming performance comparable to I-CSI-based approaches.
  • A significant reduction in channel estimation overhead is demonstrated.

Conclusions:

  • Optimizing IRS-assisted wireless networks using S-CSI and SNR feedback is feasible and efficient.
  • The developed Genetic Algorithm-based methods offer a practical solution for reducing overhead in IRS systems.