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The roll-out of various emerging wireless services has triggered the need for the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks to provide functions of target sensing, intelligent computing and information communication over the same radio…

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Sensing plays a crucial role in autonomous and assisted vehicular driving, as well as in the operation of autonomous drones. The traditional segregation of communication and onboard sensing systems in mobility applications is due to be…

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The forthcoming generation of wireless technology, 6G, aims to usher in an era of ubiquitous intelligent services, where everything is interconnected and intelligent. This vision requires the seamless integration of three fundamental…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Dingzhu Wen , Yong Zhou , Xiaoyang Li , Yuanming Shi , Kaibin Huang , Khaled B. Letaief

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is emerging as a cornerstone technology for forthcoming 6G systems, significantly improving spectrum and energy efficiency. However, the commercial viability of ISAC hinges on addressing critical…

Next-generation mobile communication network (i.e., 6G) has been envisioned to go beyond classical communication functionality and provide integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) capability to enable more emerging applications, such as…

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The introduction of new types of frequency spectrum in 6G technology facilitates the convergence of conventional mobile communications and radar functions. Thus, the mobile network itself becomes a versatile sensor system. This enables…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Christof A. O. Rauber , Lukas Brechtel , Hans D. Schotten

It is anticipated that integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) would be one of the key enablers of next-generation wireless networks (such as beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G) for supporting a variety of emerging applications. In this paper, we…

Sensing and edge artificial intelligence (AI) are envisioned as two essential and interconnected functions in sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks. On the one hand, sensing-empowered applications rely on powerful AI models to extract…

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6G wireless networks will integrate communication, computing, localization, and sensing capabilities while meeting the needs of high reliability and trustworthiness. In this paper, we develop similar techniques as those used by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Georgios Mylonopoulos , Behrooz Makki , Stefano Buzzi , Gábor Fodor

This paper analyzes the functional requirements and architectural considerations for Integrated Sensing and Communication ( ISAC) in a 5G Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) environment, with emphasis on secure and modular deployment.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Daniel Lindenschmitt , Tobias Jung , Prudhvi Kumar Kakani , Torsten Reissland , Norman Franchi , Hans D. Schotten

Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) is one of the core technologies of 6G, which combines sensing and communication functions into a single system. However, limited computing and storage resources make it impractical to combine…

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The capacity-maximization design philosophy has driven the growth of wireless networks for decades. However, with the slowdown in recent data traffic demand, the mobile industry can no longer rely solely on communication services to sustain…

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The integration of sensing and communication (ISAC) is a cornerstone of 6G, enabling simultaneous environmental awareness and communication. This paper explores radio SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) as a key ISAC approach,…

The sixth-generation wireless communications (6G) is often labeled as "connected intelligence". Radio sensing, aligned with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), promises, among other benefits, breakthroughs in the…

Extreme crowding of electromagnetic spectrum in recent years has led to the challenges in designing sensing and communications systems. Both systems require a broad range of bandwidth, thus resulting in competing interests in exploiting the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-15 Longfei Yin , Ziang Liu , Bhavani Shankar M. R. , Mohammad Alaee-Kerahroodi , Bruno Clerckx

By deploying antenna arrays at the transmitter/receiver to provide additional spatial-domain degrees of freedom (DoFs), multi-antenna technology greatly improves the reliability and efficiency of wireless communication. Meanwhile, the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Yong Zeng , Zhenjun Dong , Huizhi Wang , Lipeng Zhu , Ziyao Hong , Qingji Jiang , Dongming Wang , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is envisioned as a key pillar for enabling the upcoming sixth generation (6G) communication systems, requiring not only reliable communication functionalities but also highly accurate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-28 Jiapeng Li , Xiaodan Shao , Feng Chen , Shaohua Wan , Chang Liu , Zhiqiang Wei , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

The integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technique has the potential to achieve coordination gain by exploiting the mutual assistance between sensing and communication (S&C) functions. While the sensing-assisted communications (SAC)…

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