RIS-Assisted Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems: Joint Reflection and Beamforming Design

The Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system merged with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has recently received much attention. This paper proposes an intelligent metaheuristic version of Enhanced Artificial Ecosystem Optimizer (EAEO) for a suggested beamforming optimization framework in ISAC systems with RIS. Two RIS are utilized in the presented model to enhance the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems. Also, each element of each RIS scatters the incoming signal with a controllable phase-shift, without increasing its power. The signal is transmitted by a Dual-Function Base Station (DFBS) that is integrated with the RIS, which performs both communication and sensing functions simultaneously. The ISAC system is designed to optimize the signal transmission through the RIS by maximizing the SNR to increase the overall performance. In the proposed EAEO version, a Fitness-Distance-Balance Model (FDBM) is combined with the standard Artificial Ecosystem Optimizer (AEO) to improve the quality of the solutions in multidimensional and nonlinear optimization scenarios. The simulation results show that the proposed EAEO algorithm improves the SNR of different users for different numbers of RIS elements. The SNR reaches 25 dB when using 200 RIS elements. Moreover, the proposed EAEO is tested on the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2017 (IEEE CEC’17) test suite. A comparative analysis is conducted compared to the standard AEO and several recent algorithms. The proposed EAEO derives great effectiveness and robustness over the others as it provides a higher rate of success in achieving the global optimum point.