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Integrated Localization, Mapping, and Communication through VCSEL-Based Light-emitting RIS (LeRIS)
Rashid Iqbal, Dimitrios Bozanis, Dimitrios Tyrovolas, Christos K. Liaskos, Muhammad Ali Imran, George K. Karagiannidis, Hanaa Abumarshoud
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08071

Integrated Localization, Mapping, and Communication through VCSEL-Based Light-emitting RIS (LeRIS)
This paper presents a light-emitting reconfigurable intelligent surface (LeRIS) architecture that integrates vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) to jointly support user localization, obstacle-aware mapping, and millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication in programmable wireless environments (PWEs). Unlike prior light-emitting diode (LED)-based LeRIS designs with diffuse emission or LiDAR-assisted schemes requiring bulky sensing modules, the proposed VCSEL-based approach exploits narrow…