Intelligent Reflecting Surface in 6G Vehicular Communications: A Survey

The applications of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and autonomous driving in the 6G era heavily rely on the massive information exchange of ultra-wide bandwidth, high reliability, and low latency to guarantee the safety and experience. On the other hand, the signals in high frequency bands...

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Published inIEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology Vol. 3; pp. 266 - 277
Main Authors Zhu, Yishi, Mao, Bomin, Kato, Nei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published IEEE 2022
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Subjects
6G
6G mobile communication
Energy efficiency
Hardware
HE1-9990
Intelligent reflecting surface
intelligent transportation system
Intelligent transportation systems
Metasurfaces
Reflection
smart radio environment
Surface waves
TA1001-1280
Transportation and communications
Transportation engineering
vehicular communications
Wireless communication
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Summary:The applications of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and autonomous driving in the 6G era heavily rely on the massive information exchange of ultra-wide bandwidth, high reliability, and low latency to guarantee the safety and experience. On the other hand, the signals in high frequency bands including Millimeter Wave (mmWave) and Terahertz (THz) can be easily blocked by the obstacles. To address this problem, Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) has attracted a lot of attention since it can reflect the signals and change propagation directions the propagation directions in a highly intelligent and energy efficient way, which creates smart radio environments. Due to its easy deployment and low expense, it has been widely recognized as a promising technology for ground and aerial vehicular networks to enhance signal strength, physical layer security, and positioning accuracy. In this paper, we give a comprehensive survey of current research works on different IRS applications in ground-based vehicular communications and aerial vehicular communications after discussing its basic knowledge and main characteristics. To improve current works and spark more ideas, we summarize the challenges and discuss the future perspectives of IRS-aided 6G vehicular communications.
ISSN:2644-1330
2644-1330
DOI:10.1109/OJVT.2022.3177253