Converged Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface and Mobile Edge Computing for Space Information Networks

Space information networks (SINs) are facing an ever increasing thirst for high-speed and high-capacity seamless data transmission due to the integration of ground, air, space communications. However, this imposes a new paradigm on architecture design integrated SIN. Recently, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) mobile edge computing (MEC) most promising techniques, conceived improve communication computation capability by reconfiguring wireless propagation environment offloading. Hence, converging RISs MEC in SINs is becoming effort reap double benefits communication. In article, we propose RIS-assisted collaborative discuss its implementation. Then present potential benefits, major challenges, feasible applications. Subsequently, study different cases evaluate system rate latency. Finally, conclude with list open issues research area.