Print Email Facebook Twitter Development and Assessment of Resource Management Solutions for Throughput Enhancement in a RIS-aided Mobile Network Title Development and Assessment of Resource Management Solutions for Throughput Enhancement in a RIS-aided Mobile Network Author Agarwal, Sakshi (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science; TU Delft Network Architectures and Services; TNO) Contributor Litjens, R. (mentor) Das, Kallol (mentor) Joseph, G. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Electrical Engineering | Wireless Communication and Sensing Date 2023-08-29 Abstract Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) are envisioned to become a pivotal transformative technology within the realm of 6G mobile networks. In this study, we introduce three heuristic algorithms designed to optimize radio resource management, ultimately enhancing throughput within a RIS-enhanced mobile network. Our findings demonstrate that the algorithm which holistically optimizes user scheduling, RIS-UE association, cell precoding matrices, and RIS configuration matrices outperforms alternative strategies.Moreover, our investigation delves into uncovering the most effective applications of RIS. This involves a thorough performance comparison of the algorithms across diverse scenarios, encompassing varying RIS deployment configurations (position and orientation), number of users in a network, and number of RIS elements. Additionally, we model the influence of blocker loss—characterized by blocker presence probability and strength—on throughput performance.In the wake of our study, it becomes evident that RIS exhibits the most promising potential in scenarios involving MU-MIMO configurations, whether within single-cell or multi-cell layouts, and for both indoor and outdoor user settings. However, for SU-MIMO cases, RIS-induced throughput enhancement manifests exclusively in single-cell layouts, and particularly benefits outdoor users in environments marked by substantial blocker strength. Subject Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)Radio resource managementThroughput enhancementMIMO6Gcell-user associationRIS-user associationuser schedulingbeamformingRIS optimization To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d828746f-cdf5-4053-b7ac-fa7fd11fd4fb Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2023 Sakshi Agarwal Files PDF Thesis_sakshi_agarwal.pdf 5.69 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d828746f-cdf5-4053-b7ac-fa7fd11fd4fb/datastream/OBJ/view