Abstract

Stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs) have recently gained significant interest since they enable precoding in the wave domain that comes with increased processing capability and reduced energy consumption. The study of SIMs and high frequency propagation make the study of the performance in the near field of crucial importance. Hence, in this letter, we focus on SIM-assisted multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems operating in the near field region. To this end, we formulate the weighted sum rate maximization problem in terms of the transmit power and the phase shifts of the SIM. By applying a block coordinate descent (BCD)-relied algorithm, numerical results show the enhanced performance of the SIM in the near field with respect to the far field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3035-3039
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Volume13
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 6 Aug 2024

Keywords

  • 6G networks
  • Array signal processing
  • MIMO communication
  • Metasurfaces
  • Precoding
  • Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)
  • Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
  • Transmitting antennas
  • Vectors
  • near-field communications
  • stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIM)

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