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Rotatable antenna (RA) is a promising technology that can exploit new spatial degrees-of-freedom (DoFs) by flexibly adjusting the three-dimensional (3D) boresight direction of antennas. In this letter, we investigate an RA-enhanced…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Kecheng Pan , Beixiong Zheng , Yanhua Tan , Emil Björnson , Robert Schober , Rui Zhang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a key paradigm for next-generation wireless systems, which allows wireless resources to be used for data transmission and target sensing simultaneously. In this paper, multi-user…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Ling He , Vaibhav Kumar , Roberto Bomfin , Yingyang Chen , Miaowen Wen , Marwa Chafii

Networked integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has gained significant attention as a promising technology for enabling next-generation wireless systems. To further enhance networked ISAC, delegating the reception of sensing signals…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Meidong Xia , Zhenyao He , Wei Xu , Yongming Huang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Naofal Al-Dhahir

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

In this paper, we investigate optimal scheme to manage time scheduling of different modules including spectrum sensing, radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting (RFH) and ambient backscatter communication (ABCom) by maximizing data…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Xiaolan Liu , Yue Gao , Fengye Hu

In this paper, we propose a time-division near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework for cell-free multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), where sensing and downlink communication are separated in time. During the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Chaedam Son , Si-Hyeon Lee

Ambient backscatter communication technology has been introduced recently, and is then quickly becoming a promising choice for self-sustainable communication systems as an external power supply or a dedicated carrier emitter is not…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-09-28 Xiao Lu , Dusit Niyato , Hai Jiang , Dong In Kim , Yong Xiao , Zhu Han

In future sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks, radar sensing is expected to be offered as an additional service to its original purpose of communication. Merging these two functions results in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)…

Backscatter-based integrated sensing and communication (B-ISAC) elevates passive tags into information-bearing scatterers, offering an ultra-low-power path toward dual-function wireless systems. However, this promise is fundamentally…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Haohao Zhang , Bowen Gu , Xianhua Yu , Hao Xie , Liejun Wang , Yongjun Xu , Xiaoming Tao , Haijun Zhang

Contactless sensing using wireless communication signals has garnered significant attention due to its non-intrusive nature and ubiquitous infrastructure. Despite the promise, the inherent bistatic deployment of wireless communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Wenwei Li , Jiarun Zhou , Qinxiao Quan , Fusang Zhang , Daqing Zhang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) represents a pivotal advancement for future wireless networks. This paper introduces a novel ISAC beamforming method for enhancing sensing performance while preserving communication quality by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Meihui Liu , Shu Sun , Ruifeng Gao , Meixia Tao

The emerging pinching antenna (PA) technology enables flexible antenna positioning for creating line-of-sight (LoS) links, thus offering substantial potential to facilitate ambient signal-based backscatter communication (BSC). This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-15 Yulei Wang , Yalin Liu , Yaru Fu , Yuanwei Liu

Beamforming with a sufficient number of antennas is one of the most significant technologies for both Multi-user (MU) Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) communication and MIMO radar sensing in Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-17 Jiangong Chen , Xia Lei , Yuchen Zhang , Kaitao Meng , Christos Masouros

This paper investigates the optimization of beamforming design in a system with integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), where the base station (BS) sends signals for simultaneous multiuser communication and radar sensing. We aim at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-27 Zhenyao He , Wei Xu , Hong Shen , Yongming Huang , Huahua Xiao

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis and theoretical foundation for next-generation backscatter networks that move beyond communication and integrate RF location sensing capabilities. An end-to-end system model for wideband OFDM…

In this paper, we propose an efficient joint precoding design method to maximize the weighted sum-rate in wideband intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted cell-free networks by jointly optimizing the active beamforming of base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-10 Yajun Wang , Jinghan Jiang , Xin Du , Zhuxian Lian , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen

This paper studies the distributed optimal bilinear equalizer (OBE) beamforming design for both the uplink and downlink cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output networks. We consider arbitrary statistics-based channel estimators…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Zhe Wang , Jiayi Zhang , Hao Lei , Dusit Niyato , Bo Ai

This paper introduces a sensing management method for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Conventional communication systems employ channel estimation procedures…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-09 Eren Berk Kama , Murat Babek Salman , Isaac Skog , Emil Björnson

A memoryless state-dependent broadcast channel (BC) is considered, where the transmitter wishes to convey two private messages to two receivers while simultaneously estimating the respective states via generalized feedback. The model at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-09 Mehrasa Ahmadipour , Michèle Wigger , Mari Kobayashi

Integrating sensing and communication (ISAC) can help overcome the challenges of limited spectrum and expensive hardware, leading to improved energy and cost efficiency. While full cooperation between sensing and communication can result in…

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