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DCFNet: Doppler Correction Filter Network for Integrated Sensing and Communication in Multi-User MIMO-OFDM Systems

Signal Processing 2025-06-23 v1

Abstract

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a headline feature for the forthcoming IMT-2030 and 6G releases, yet a concrete solution that fits within the established orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) family remains open. Specifically, Doppler-induced inter-carrier interference (ICI) destroys sub-carrier orthogonality of OFDM sensing signals, blurring range-velocity maps and severely degrading sensing accuracy. Building on multi-user multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) OFDM systems, this paper proposes Doppler-Correction Filter Network (DCFNet), an AI-native ISAC model that delivers fine range-velocity resolution at minimal complexity without altering the legacy frame structure. A bank of DCFs first shifts dominant ICI energy away from critical Doppler bins; a compact deep learning network then suppresses the ICI. To further enhance the range and velocity resolutions, we propose DCFNet with local refinement (DCFNet-LR), which applies a generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) to refine target estimates of DCFNet to sub-cell accuracy. Simulation results show that DCFNet-LR runs 143×143\times faster than maximum likelihood search and achieves significantly superior performance, reducing the range RMSE by up to 2.7×1042.7 \times 10^{-4} times and the velocity RMSE by 6.7×1046.7 \times 10^{-4} times compared to conventional detection methods.

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@article{arxiv.2506.16191,
  title  = {DCFNet: Doppler Correction Filter Network for Integrated Sensing and Communication in Multi-User MIMO-OFDM Systems},
  author = {Hyeonho Noh and Hyeonsu Lyu and Moe Z. Win and Hyun Jong Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.16191},
  year   = {2025}
}
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