Abstract
Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have become a popular topic in
recent years for their great potential for controlling the radio link
environment of wireless networks. With this controlled environment, the
coverage can be increased. This paper examines the coverage analysis of
IRS-aided networks, considering both two-dimensional buildings and the
product-distance path loss model for the first time. Leveraging the
tools from stochastic geometry, the locations of base stations (BSs),
buildings, and IRSs are modeled with a homogeneous Poisson point process
(PPP). A Gamma approximation for the distribution of the nearest
line-of-sight (LoS)-neighbor distance is proposed, leading to a
closed-form expression for the distribution of the product-distance.
Feasible BSs are defined as BSs which are reachable via an IRS deployed
on a specific facade of a building, and the ratio of feasible BSs is
derived. Simulations are performed, which confirm the proposed
analytical methods. In the numerical results, it is observed that the
IRSs can introduce up to a 45\% coverage boost, and the
effect of the IRS length on the coverage probability is limited beyond
1.2 meters at 60 GHz.