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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is expected to revolutionize the existing integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system and promise a more flexible joint design. Nevertheless, the existing works on ISAC mainly focus on exploring the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Kaitao Meng , Qingqing Wu , Shaodan Ma , Wen Chen , Kunlun Wang , Jun Li

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has the advantages of efficient spectrum utilization and low hardware cost. It is promising to be implemented in the fifth-generation-advanced (5G-A) and sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Zhiqing Wei , Hanyang Qu , Yuan Wang , Xin Yuan , Huici Wu , Ying Du , Kaifeng Han , Ning Zhang , Zhiyong Feng

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can provide superior flexibility and cost-efficiency for modern radar imaging systems, which is an ideal platform for advanced remote sensing applications using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-11 Zhichao Sun , Junjie Wu , Gary G. Yen , Hang Ren , Hongyang An , Jianyu Yang

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has high flexibility and controllable mobility, therefore it is considered as a promising enabler for future integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). In this paper, we propose a novel adaptable ISAC (AISAC)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Cailian Deng , Xuming Fang , Xianbin Wang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising technology to simultaneously provide high-performance wireless communication and radar sensing services in future networks. In this paper, we propose the concept of \emph{integrated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-31 Chaoyue Zhang , Zhiwen Zhou , Huizhi Wang , Yong Zeng

The evolution of next-generation wireless networks has spurred the vigorous development of the low-altitude economy (LAE). To support this emerging field while remaining compatible with existing network architectures, integrated sensing and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-19 Haisu Wu , Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Boshi Wang , Jun Tang , Haoyang Weng , Feng Shu , Jiangzhou Wang

In this paper, we consider an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system with wireless power transfer (WPT) where multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based radars serve multiple clusters of energy-limited communication users in…

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To enhance both the sensing and covert communication performance, a dual-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided scheme is proposed for integrated sensing and communication networks, in which one UAV maneuvers as the aerial dual-functional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Jingke Sun , Liang Yang , Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Hongwu Liu

The air-ground integrated sensing and communications (AG-ISAC) network, which consists of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground terrestrial networks, offers unique capabilities and demands special design techniques. In this article, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-14 Zesong Fei , Xinyi Wang , Nan Wu , Jingxuan Huang , J. Andrew Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations (BSs) are able to provide not only the communication service to ground users, but also the sensing functionality to localize targets of interests. In this paper, we consider an…

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The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) needs to sense the environment to ensure safe flight, and the sensing accuracy and communication delay performance are two important indicators of safe flight. The strategy of using integrated sensing and…

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Along with the improvement of radar technologies, Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Inverse SAR (ISAR) has come to be an active research area. SAR/ISAR are radar techniques to generate a…

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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is expected to bring transformative improvement to the integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system. However, due to shared spectrum resources, it is challenging to achieve a critical trade-off between…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-10 Kaitao Meng , Qingqing Wu , Shaodan Ma , Wen Chen , Tony Q. S. Quek

In this paper, we propose a dual-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled secure communication and sensing (SCS) scheme for an air-to-ground integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, in which a dual-functional source UAV and jamming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Libiao Lou , Yuan Liu , Fotis Foukalas , Hongjiang Lei , Gaofeng Pan , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Hongwu Liu

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been widely recognized as one of the key technologies for 6G wireless networks. In this paper, we focus on the waveform design of ISAC system, which can realize radar sensing while also…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-09 Jiangtao Wang , Xuyang Zhao , Muyu Mei , Yongchao Wang

As a promising key technology of 6th generation (6G) mobile communication system, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technology aims to make full use of spectrum resources to enable the functional integration of communication and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-22 Haotian Liu , Zhiqing Wei , Fengyun Li , Yuewei Lin , Hanyang Qu , Huici Wu , Zhiyong Feng

In the next generations of cellular communication networks, higher density of base stations and higher frequency bands will be adopted. If being reflected by targets, the communication signal also brings information of the targets, in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-18 Husheng Li

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is emerging as a cornerstone technology for sixth generation (6G) wireless systems, unifying connectivity and environmental mapping through shared hardware, spectrum, and waveforms. The following…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-09 Ahmad Bazzi , Mingjun Ying , Ojas Kanhere , Theodore S. Rappaport , Marwa Chafii

Reliable surveillance and communication for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are crucial for enabling and sustaining the accelerated growth of the low-altitude economy. Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) offers a cost-effective and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-22 Xianxin Song , Xianghao Yu , Jie Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

This paper introduces and analyzes the concept of a cognitive inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) ensuring spectral compatibility in crowded electromagnetic environments. In such a context, the proposed approach alternates between…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-14 Massimo Rosamilia , Augusto Aubry , Alessio Balleri , Antonio De Maio , Marco Martorella