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arxiv: 2604.15387 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-16 · 💻 cs.IT · math.IT

Robust Transmission Design for RIS-Assisted High-Speed Train Communication Coverage Enhancement With Imperfect Cascaded Channels

Changzhu Liu , Ruisi He , Haoxiang Zhang , Jiahui Han , Ruifeng Chen , Bo Ai , Zhangdui Zhong This is my paper

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keywords RIShigh-speed trainimperfect CSIcascaded channelsrobust designtransmit power minimizationoutage probabilitycoverage enhancement
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Cascaded BS-RIS-user channel errors significantly degrade RIS-assisted high-speed train communication performance more than direct CSI errors.

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This paper develops robust transmission designs for reconfigurable intelligent surface aided high-speed train communications when perfect channel state information is unavailable due to rapid fading and feedback delays. It focuses on errors in the cascaded base station-RIS-user channels and formulates two optimization problems: one minimizing transmit power subject to worst-case rate constraints under a bounded CSI error model, and the other controlling outage probability under a statistical CSI error model. The work applies the S-procedure to convert non-convex constraints into linear matrix inequalities and Bernstein-type inequality to handle outage constraints as second-order cone problems. Simulations establish that errors in the cascaded channels affect system performance more strongly than errors in the direct channels.

Core claim

Under imperfect cascaded channels modeled by bounded and statistical CSI error assumptions, the robust designs minimize transmit power while meeting worst-case rate or outage constraints. The S-procedure approximates the non-convex worst-case rate constraints as linear matrix inequalities, and Bernstein-type inequality converts the outage probability constraints into second-order cone constraints and linear inequalities. Simulation results show that errors in the cascaded BS-RIS-user channels exert a more significant effect on overall system performance than errors in the direct CSI.

What carries the argument

The cascaded BS-RIS-user channel error models (CBRUB) under bounded CSI error and statistical CSI error assumptions, converted via the S-procedure to linear matrix inequalities and via Bernstein-type inequality to second-order cone constraints.

If this is right

  • Transmit power can be minimized while satisfying worst-case rate constraints despite bounded cascaded channel errors.
  • Outage probability can be bounded under statistical error models to ensure reliable coverage.
  • System performance improves when estimation resources prioritize cascaded rather than direct channels.
  • RIS deployment becomes feasible for coverage enhancement in high-speed trains without requiring perfect CSI.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Channel estimation methods should allocate greater effort to cascaded paths in RIS-HST systems.
  • Adaptive feedback rates tied to train speed may be needed to maintain performance when cascaded links dominate error.
  • The modeling approach could apply to other mobile RIS scenarios where multi-hop channels determine reliability.

Load-bearing premise

The bounded CSI error model and statistical CSI error model accurately capture the actual estimation errors present in high-speed train cascaded channels.

What would settle it

A real high-speed train measurement campaign in which direct CSI errors produce equal or greater performance loss than cascaded BS-RIS-user errors would falsify the central simulation result.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.15387 by Bo Ai, Changzhu Liu, Haoxiang Zhang, Jiahui Han, Ruifeng Chen, Ruisi He, Zhangdui Zhong.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: RIS-assisted HST communication model. by a RIS equipped with N elements. The BS is a rectangular planar array (URA) with M = Mh ×Mv elements, where Mh and Mv are the numbers of elements along the horizontal and vertical axes, respectively. Similarly, the RIS is a URA with N = Nh × Nv elements. Let s = [s1, · · · , sK] ∈ C K×1 denote transmits K Gaussian data symbols to each user with E  ssH [PITH_FULL_IM… view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Transmit power versus the iteration numbers of different algorithms, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Transmit power versus the iteration numbers for each algorithm in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Transmit power versus the number of the BS antennas [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Transmit power versus the OP in the PCU scenario, when [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Transmit power versus the number of the BS antennas [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Transmit power versus the OP in the FCU scenario, when [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_10.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has recently been gained attention as an effective technique improving the coverage and performance of communication systems by creating additional communication links. Deployment of RIS is crucial for overcoming signal coverage limitations, especially in high-speed train (HST) scenarios. Considerable research has been performed assuming perfect channel state information (CSI). However, due to the rapidly time-varying fading channels and feedback delays, achieving perfect CSI at the base station (BS) is not feasible in the HST scenarios. To tackle this problem, this paper investigates a robust design strategy for RIS-aided HST communication coverage enhancement, particularly focusing on cascaded BS-RIS-user channels at BS (CBRUB). The study explores the optimization problem under two types distinct of models: centered on minimizing transmit power subject to worst-case rate constraints within the bounded CSI error (BCSIE) model, and the other focusing on outage probability (OP) constraints under the statistical CSI error (SCSIE) model. We use the S-procedure to approximate the non-convex (NC) constraints, converting the worst-case rate constraints into linear matrix inequalities. Additionally, the Bernstein-type inequality is applied to transform the OP constraints into second-order cone constraints and linear inequalities. The simulation analysis results show that CBRUB errors have a significant effect on system performance compared to direct CSI errors.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes robust transmission designs for RIS-assisted high-speed train (HST) communications under imperfect cascaded BS-RIS-user channels (CBRUB). It formulates two optimization problems: minimizing transmit power subject to worst-case rate constraints under the bounded CSI error (BCSIE) model, converted to LMIs via the S-procedure; and minimizing power subject to outage probability constraints under the statistical CSI error (SCSIE) model, transformed via Bernstein-type inequality into SOC and linear constraints. Simulations conclude that CBRUB errors impact system performance more significantly than direct CSI errors.

Significance. If the assumed error models hold, the work offers practical value for RIS deployment in high-mobility HST scenarios by highlighting the outsized role of cascaded-channel imperfections and providing tractable convex approximations. The application of standard S-procedure and Bernstein techniques is a clear methodological strength, yielding reproducible optimization frameworks. However, the significance hinges on whether these models capture HST-specific dynamics, limiting broader impact without further validation.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and Simulation Analysis] The central simulation claim (CBRUB errors affect performance more than direct CSI errors) rests on the BCSIE and SCSIE models. These assume uniformly bounded or i.i.d. Gaussian errors, but HST environments feature rapid Doppler shifts, feedback delays, and geometry-induced correlations that violate such assumptions. This is load-bearing for the comparative conclusions; the manuscript should include a discussion or sensitivity analysis against measured HST channel traces to confirm the models do not produce artifacts.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: 'has recently been gained attention' is grammatically incorrect and should read 'has recently gained attention'.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: 'two types distinct of models' contains a word-order error and should be 'two distinct types of models'.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive comments. We address the major concern on the applicability of the CSI error models and simulation claims below, providing a balanced response that acknowledges limitations while defending the paper's contributions under the stated assumptions.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and Simulation Analysis] The central simulation claim (CBRUB errors affect performance more than direct CSI errors) rests on the BCSIE and SCSIE models. These assume uniformly bounded or i.i.d. Gaussian errors, but HST environments feature rapid Doppler shifts, feedback delays, and geometry-induced correlations that violate such assumptions. This is load-bearing for the comparative conclusions; the manuscript should include a discussion or sensitivity analysis against measured HST channel traces to confirm the models do not produce artifacts.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the BCSIE (uniformly bounded) and SCSIE (i.i.d. Gaussian) models represent standard but idealized assumptions in robust optimization, and they do not fully incorporate HST-specific effects such as time-varying Doppler shifts or spatial correlations from geometry. These models were chosen to enable tractable reformulations via the S-procedure (yielding LMIs) and Bernstein-type inequalities (yielding SOC constraints), which constitute the core methodological contribution. The simulation results demonstrate the relative impact of cascaded vs. direct errors strictly under these models, as is common in the literature. In the revised manuscript, we will add an explicit limitations paragraph in the simulation section (and abstract if space permits) noting that the conclusions are model-dependent and that real HST channels may exhibit different behaviors due to mobility. We will also outline directions for future validation using more advanced channel models. A full sensitivity analysis against measured HST traces cannot be performed here, as the study relies on synthetic channels consistent with the error models; however, the added discussion will clarify this scope. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No circularity: standard robust optimization tools applied to external targets

full rationale

The paper formulates power-minimization problems subject to worst-case rate or outage constraints under bounded and statistical CSI error models, then applies the S-procedure (to obtain LMIs) and Bernstein-type inequality (to obtain SOC constraints). These are pre-existing, externally validated mathematical instruments whose validity does not depend on the paper's own results or fitted values. The simulation comparisons (CBRUB vs. direct CSI error impact) are generated by solving these independent optimization problems; no parameter is fitted to a data subset and then re-labeled as a prediction, no self-citation supplies a uniqueness theorem, and no ansatz is smuggled through prior work by the same authors. The derivation chain therefore remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on standard robust-optimization approximations and two CSI error models whose realism is not independently verified in the abstract.

free parameters (2)
  • CSI error bound radius
    The size of the bounded error set in the BCSIE model is a design parameter that must be chosen or estimated from data.
  • CSI error variance
    The statistical parameters of the SCSIE model are inputs that determine the outage constraints.
axioms (2)
  • standard math S-procedure converts quadratic worst-case constraints into linear matrix inequalities
    Invoked to handle the non-convex worst-case rate constraints under bounded errors.
  • standard math Bernstein-type inequality provides a safe convex upper bound on outage probability
    Used to convert probabilistic outage constraints into deterministic second-order cone constraints.

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