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In this paper, we study a secure integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system employing a full-duplex base station with sensing capabilities against a mobile proactive adversarial target$\unicode{x2014}$a malicious unmanned aerial…

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The following paper models a secure full duplex (FD) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) scenario, where malicious eavesdroppers aim at intercepting the downlink (DL) as well as the uplink (UL) information exchanged between the dual…

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In this paper, we investigate the joint resource allocation and trajectory design for a multi-user, multi-target unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where the link capacity between a…

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This letter investigates the joint sensing problem between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and base stations (BS) in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems with fluid antennas (FA). In this system, the BS enhances its sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Xingtao Yang , Zhenghe Guo , Siyun Liang , Zhaohui Yang , Chen Zhu , Zhaoyang Zhang

This paper proposes an innovative approach by leveraging uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) as base stations (BSs) and a high-altitude platform station (HAPS) as the central processing unit (CPU) in an integrated sensing and communication…

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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

To address the complex beam control in traditional multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, researchers have proposed adaptive beam alignment using retro-directive antenna (RDA) arrays. This approach creates echo resonance between the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-06 Yixuan Guo , Shuaifan Xia , Mingliang Xiong , Qingwen Liu , Wen Fang , Qingwei Jiang , Gang Yan , Jiangchuan Mu

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed in mission-critical applications such as target tracking, where they must simultaneously sense dynamic environments, ensure reliable communication, and achieve precise control. A key…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-06 Zhiyu Chen , Ming-Min Zhao , Songfu Cai , Ming Lei , Min-Jian Zhao

This paper studies a secure cell-free integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, in which multiple ISAC transmitters collaboratively send confidential information to multiple communication users (CUs) and concurrently conduct…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-08 Zixiang Ren , Jie Xu , Ling Qiu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

This paper investigates a novel unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) secure communication system with the assistance of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), where an UAV and a ground user communicate with each other, while an eavesdropper…

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In this paper, sensing-assisted secure communication in a multi-user multi-eavesdropper integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system is investigated. Confidential communication signals and dedicated sensing signals are jointly…

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This paper illustrates the potential of an Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system, operating in the sub-6 GHz frequency range, for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging via an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) employed as an aerial…

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This paper studies the transmit beamforming in a downlink integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where a base station (BS) equipped with a uniform linear array (ULA) sends combined information-bearing and dedicated radar…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Haocheng Hua , Jie Xu , Tony Xiao Han

We consider an uplink integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) scenario where the detection of data symbols from multiple user equipment (UEs) occurs simultaneously with a three-dimensional (3D) estimation of the environment, extracted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-22 Hyeon Seok Rou , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu , David González G. , Osvaldo Gonsa

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has attracted growing research interests to facilitate the large-scale development of the low-altitude economy (LAE). However, the high dynamics of low-altitude targets may overwhelm fixed ISAC…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Rui Wang , Kaitao Meng , Deshi Li , Liang Xu

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

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided secure communication system is conceived and investigated, where the UAV transmits legitimate information to a ground user in the presence of an eavesdropper (Eve). To guarantee the security, the UAV…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-25 Kaidi Xu , Ming-Min Zhao , Yunlong Cai , Lajos Hanzo

Due to great efficiency improvement in resource and hardware space, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has gained much attention. In the paper, the physical layer security (PLS) of ISAC system under communication eavesdropper…

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