Abstract
In this letter, we present an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) selection strategy for multiple IRSs aided multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) systems. In particular, we pose the IRS selection problem as a stable matching problem. A two stage user-IRS assignment algorithm is proposed, where the main objective is to carry out a stable user-IRS matching which improves the sum rate of the system. The first stage of the proposed algorithm employs a well-known Gale Shapley matching algorithm. Due to interference in multiuser systems, the matching obtained after the first stage may not be stable. To overcome this issue, one-sided (i.e., only IRSs) blocking pairs (BPs) are identified in the second stage of the proposed algorithm, where the BP is a pair of IRSs which are better off after exchanging their partners. Thus, the second stage validates stable matching in the proposed algorithm. Numerical results show that the proposed assignment achieves better sum rate performance compared to distance-based and random matching algorithms.
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