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Synesthesia of Machines (SoM)-Enhanced Sub-THz ISAC Transmission for Air-Ground Network

Signal Processing 2025-06-17 v1 Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) within sub-THz frequencies is crucial for future air-ground networks, but unique propagation characteristics and hardware limitations present challenges in optimizing ISAC performance while increasing operational latency. This paper introduces a multi-modal sensing fusion framework inspired by synesthesia of machine (SoM) to enhance sub-THz ISAC transmission. By exploiting inherent degrees of freedom in sub-THz hardware and channels, the framework optimizes the radio-frequency environment. Squint-aware beam management is developed to improve air-ground network adaptability, enabling three-dimensional dynamic ISAC links. Leveraging multi-modal information, the framework enhances ISAC performance and reduces latency. Visual data rapidly localizes users and targets, while a customized multi-modal learning algorithm optimizes the hybrid precoder. A new metric provides comprehensive performance evaluation, and extensive experiments demonstrate that the proposed scheme significantly improves ISAC efficiency.

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@article{arxiv.2506.12831,
  title  = {Synesthesia of Machines (SoM)-Enhanced Sub-THz ISAC Transmission for Air-Ground Network},
  author = {Zonghui Yang and Shijian Gao and Xiang Cheng and Liuqing Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.12831},
  year   = {2025}
}