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. 2023 May 5;10(8):nwad127. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwad127

Table 2.

Applicability of existing CSI acquisition methods to different categories of RISs.

Hyrbid RIS
CSI acquisition method IRS/active RIS Selection type Beamforming type
Implicit CSI acquisition Preferable Not necessary Not necessary
Double link channel separation Preferable Not necessary Not necessary
Cascaded channel estimation Preferable Not necessary Not necessary
Individual channel estimation Conditional Preferable Preferable