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Terahertz (THz) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising interdisciplinary technology that realizes simultaneously transmitting Terabit-per-second (Tbps) and millimeter-level accurate environment or human activity sensing.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-28 Yongzhi Wu , Chong Han , Zhi Chen

Zak-transform based orthogonal time frequency space (Zak-OTFS) is a delay-Doppler (DD) domain modulation scheme in which the signal processing is carried out in the DD domain. The channel when viewed in the DD domain is predictable.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-21 Sandesh Rao Mattu , Nishant Mehrotra , Robert Calderbank

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is one of the key usage scenarios for future sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication networks, where communication and sensing (C&S) services are simultaneously provided through shared wireless…

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is widely regarded as a key enabling technology for 6G wireless networks. While extensive research has explored the coexistence of sensing and communication functionalities, the use of orthogonal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Huacheng Zeng , Kunzhe Song , Geo Jie Zhou , Ruxin Lin

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is increasingly expected to operate under aggressive spectrum reuse, where co-channel orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) interference can be catastrophic for data recovery on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-30 Henglin Pu , Ahmad Musallam , Husheng Li , Lajos Hanzo

Orthogonal time frequency and space (OTFS) modulation is a promising technology that satisfies high Doppler requirements for future mobile systems. OTFS modulation encodes information symbols and pilot symbols into the two-dimensional (2D)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-22 Noriyuki Hashimoto , Noboru Osawa , Kosuke Yamazaki , Shinsuke Ibi

According to the recent 3GPP decisions on 6G air interface, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based waveforms are the primary candidates for future integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-12 Jialiang Zhu , Hamza Haif , Abdelali Arous , Huseyin Arslan , Arman Farhang

In this paper, we propose a fully-integrated radar and communication system -- named ComSens. We utilize two different pilot sequences (one for uplink and one for downlink) with the condition that they must be uncorrelated to each other.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-22 Mohammadreza Mousaei , Mojtaba Soltanalian , Besma Smida

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a dominant waveform in modern wireless systems, yet its high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) and limited adaptability hinder efficient support for integrated communication and sensing.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Cheng Luo , Luping Xiang , Hankun Zhang , Yi Luo , Chen Huang , Yi Zhang , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Kun Yang

Dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) systems, which can efficiently utilize the congested spectrum and costly hardware resources by employing one common waveform for both sensing and communication (S&C), have attracted increasing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Zichao Xiao , Rang Liu , Ming Li , Yang Liu , Qian Liu

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is one of the key enabling technologies in future sixth-generation (6G) networks. Current ISAC systems predominantly rely on deterministic pilot signals within the signal frame to accomplish…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-23 Chen Xu , Xianghao Yu , Fan Liu , Shi Jin

In the 6G era, space-air-Ground integrated networks (SAGIN) are anticipated to deliver global coverage, necessitating support for a diverse array of emerging applications in high-mobility, hostile environments. Under such conditions,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Weijie Yuan , Shuangyang Li , Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanhao Cui , Jiamo Jiang , Haijun Zhang , Pingzhi Fan

We study uplink orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) pilot distortion to deliberately obfuscate time-of-arrival (ToA) estimation at a single base station while preserving communication performance. We design a complex…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-29 Mahmut Kemal Ercan , Alireza Pourafzal , Musa Furkan Keskin , Sinan Gezici , Henk Wymeersch

Orthogonal time frequency space modulation (OTFS) is currently one of the most robust modulation techniques for high Doppler channels. However, to reap the benefits of OTFS, an accurate channel estimation is crucial. To this mean, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-16 Danilo Lelin Li , Sanoopkumar P. S. , Arman Farhang

Standard periodic pilot patterns in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems induce severe delay-domain grating lobes, compromising radar sensing. This paper proposes a two-stage framework to design non-periodic pilot…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-30 Amir Bouziane , Huseyin Arslan

This work is concerned with integrated sensing, communication, and computation (ISCC) in uplink orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, wherein multiple devices perform target sensing and over-the-air computation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Biao Dong , Bin Cao , Qinyu Zhang

Delay alignment modulation (DAM) has been recently proposed to enable manipulable channel delay spread for efficient single- or multi-carrier communications. In particular, with perfect delay alignment, inter-symbol interference (ISI) can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-11 Zhiqiang Xiao , Yong Zeng

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising paradigm for future wireless systems due to spectrum reuse, hardware sharing, and joint waveform design. In dynamic scenes, Doppler shifts degrade both sensing and communication,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-04 Yuan Liu , Wen-Xuan Long , M. R. Bhavani Shankar , Marco Moretti , Rui Chen , Björn Ottersten

In this work, the problem of communication and radar sensing in orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) with reduced cyclic prefix (RCP) is addressed. A monostatic integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system is developed and, it is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-30 Mauro Marchese , Musa Furkan Keskin , Pietro Savazzi , Henk Wymeersch

Receivers with joint channel estimation and signal detection using superimposed pilots (SP) can achieve high transmission efficiency in orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) systems. However, existing receivers have high computational…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Fupeng Huang , Qinghua Guo , Youwen Zhang , Yuriy Zakharov