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This paper investigates user equipment (UE) assisted device-free networked sensing in the sixth-generation (6G) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where one base station (BS) and multiple UEs, such as unmanned aerial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-06 Xianzhen Guo , Qin Shi , Shuowen Zhang , Chengwen Xing , Liang Liu

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks strive to deliver both high-precision target localization and high-throughput data services across the entire coverage area. In this work, we examine the fundamental trade-off between…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-24 Kaitao Meng , Kawon Han , Christos Masouros , Lajos Hanzo

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) operation is one of the open issues to be solved for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems to become a pillar of the future wireless infrastructure above 10 GHz. Existing NLOS countermeasures use…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-04 Davide Tornielli Bellini , Dario Tagliaferri , Marouan Mizmizi , Stefano Tebaldini , Umberto Spagnolini

As one of the key usage scenarios for the sixth generation (6G) wireless networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) provides an efficient framework to achieve simultaneous wireless sensing and communication. However, traditional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Di Wu , Zhuoyin Dai , Yong Zeng

Sensing in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) is one of the major challenges for integrated sensing and communication systems. Existing countermeasures for NLOS either use prior knowledge on the environment to characterize all the multiple bounces or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-20 Davide Tornielli Bellini , Dario Tagliaferri , Pietro Grassi , Davide Scazzoli , Stefano Tebaldini , Umberto Spagnolini

In this paper, we propose a practical integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) framework to sense dynamic targets from clutter environment while ensuring users communications quality. To implement communications function and sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-07 Hongliang Luo , Yucong Wang , Dongqi Luo , Jianwei Zhao , Huihui Wu , Shaodan Ma , Feifei Gao

With the support of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technology, mobile communication system will integrate the function of wireless sensing, thereby facilitating new intelligent applications such as smart city and intelligent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-15 Zhiqing Wei , Ruizhong Xu , Zhiyong Feng , Huici Wu , Ning Zhang , Wangjun Jiang , Xiaoyu Yang

In this paper, we investigate the issue of uplink integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in 6G wireless networks where the sensing echo signal and the communication signal are received simultaneously at the base station (BS). To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Qiao Qi , Xiaoming Chen , Caijun Zhong , Chau Yuen , Zhaoyang Zhang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) represents a key paradigm for future wireless networks. However, existing approaches require waveform modifications, dedicated pilots, or overhead that complicates standards integration. We…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-09 Wentao Yu , Khaled B. Letaief , Lizhong Zheng

In the upcoming 6G networks, integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) will be able to provide a performance boost in both perception and wireless connectivity. This paper considers a multiple base station (BS) architecture to support…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Jiajia Liao , Luping Xiang , Shida Zhong , Lixia Xiao , Haochen Liu , Kun Yang

The classic trilateration technique can localize each target based on its distances to three anchors with known coordinates. Usually, this technique requires all the anchors and targets, e.g., the satellites and the mobile phones in Global…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-30 Qipeng Wang , Liang Liu , Shuowen Zhang , Francis C. M. Lau

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is a key emerging 6G technology. Despite progress, ISAC still lacks scalable methods for joint AP clustering and user/target scheduling in distributed deployments under fronthaul limits. Moreover,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-19 Mehdi Zafari , A. Lee Swindlehurst

This paper presents an overview on intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-enabled sensing and communication for the forthcoming sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, in which IRSs are strategically deployed to proactively reconfigure…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-12 Xianxin Song , Yuan Fang , Feng Wang , Zixiang Ren , Xianghao Yu , Ye Zhang , Fan Liu , Jie Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Rui Zhang , Shuguang Cui

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), as a technology enabled seamless connection between communication and sensing, is regarded a core enabling technology for these applications. However, the accuracy of single-node sensing in ISAC…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Haotian Liu , Zhiqing Wei , Luyang Sun , Ruizhong Xu , Yixin Zhang , Zhiyong Feng

This paper studies a joint communication and sensing (JCAS) system with downlink communication and multi-static sensing for single-target detection in a cloud radio access network architecture. A centralized operation of cell-free massive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Zinat Behdad , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Ki Won Sung , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar

The growing presence of unauthorized drones poses significant threats to public safety, underscoring the need for aerial surveillance solutions. This work proposes a cell-free integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework enabling…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Zinat Behdad , Ozan Alp Topal , Cicek Cavdar

In this work, we investigate the performance of a joint sensing and communication (JSC) network consisting of multiple base stations (BSs) that cooperate through a fusion center (FC) to exchange information about the sensed environment…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-01 Elia Favarelli , Elisabetta Matricardi , Lorenzo Pucci , Enrico Paolini , Wen Xu , Andrea Giorgetti

A novel multistatic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system in cellular networks is proposed. It can make use of widespread base stations (BSs) to perform cooperative sensing in wide area.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-23 Zixiang Han , Lincong Han , Xiaozhou Zhang , Yajuan Wang , Liang Ma , Mengting Lou , Jing Jin , Guangyi Liu

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) boosts network efficiency by using existing resources for diverse sensing applications. In this work, we propose a cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output)-ISAC framework to detect…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Xinyue Li , Zinat Behdad , Ozan Alp Topal , Ozlem Tugfe Demir , Cicek Cavdar

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a cornerstone technology for 6G networks, offering unified support for high-rate communication and high-accuracy sensing. While existing literature extensively covers link-level designs, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Edward Andrews , Lawrence Ong , Duy T. Ngo , Yao Liu , Min Li