Advances in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Smart Beamforming for Next-Generation Wireless Networks
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Interests: reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; smart beamforming; mmWave and THz communications; wireless sensor networks; RF energy harvesting; electromagnetic propagation; antenna and microwave design; 6G networks
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The integration of smart beamforming technologies and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) is transforming the design of adaptive, energy-efficient, and high-performance wireless networks. This Special Issue seeks original research and comprehensive review articles on recent advancements in the theory, design, and application of beamforming and RIS technologies across various wireless communication systems, including wireless sensor networks, IoT platforms, UAV communications, and emerging 6G infrastructures.
We particularly encourage contributions addressing key challenges such as dynamic channel adaptation, low-power design strategies, machine learning-driven RIS control, secure communications, and hardware-oriented validations. Submissions presenting experimental results, hardware prototypes, or interdisciplinary applications (e.g., mmWave/THz communications, AI for wireless systems) are highly welcomed.
Dr. Ali Mohamed Mamdouh Mahmoud
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)
- smart beamforming
- wireless networks
- energy efficiency
- dynamic channel adaptation
- IoT
- UAV communications
- 6G
- mmWave/THz communications
- AI-driven wireless systems
- wireless sensor networks
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