Energy Efficiency Maximization in RIS-aided Networks with Global Reflection Constraints

This work addresses the issue of energy efficiency maximization in a multi-user network aided by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) with global reflection capabilities. Two optimization methods are proposed to optimize the mobile users’ powers, the RIS coefficients, and the linear receive filters. Both methods are provably convergent and require only the solution of convex optimization problems. The numerical results show that the proposed methods largely outperform heuristic resource allocation schemes.