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Future generations of mobile networks call for concurrent sensing and communication functionalities in the same hardware and/or spectrum. Compared to communication, sensing services often suffer from limited coverage, due to the high path…

In the sixth generation (6G) era, intelligent machine network (IMN) applications, such as intelligent transportation, require collaborative machines with communication, sensing, and computation (CSC) capabilities. This article proposes an…

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While the 5G cellular system is being deployed worldwide, researchers have started the investigation of the 6G mobile communication networks. Although the essential requirements and key usage scenarios of 6G are yet to be defined, it is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-03 Zhiqiang Xiao , Yong Zeng

The 6th generation (6G) wireless networks will likely to support a variety of capabilities beyond communication, such as sensing and localization, through the use of communication networks empowered by advanced technologies. Integrated…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Ruiqi Liu , Mengnan Jian , Dawei Chen , Xu Lin , Yichao Cheng , Wei Cheng , Shijun Chen

Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) is defined as one of six usage scenarios in the ITU-R International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) 2030 framework for 6G. ISAC is envisioned to introduce the sensing capability into the cellular…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-16 Mohammad Heggo , Arman Shojaeifard , Alain Mourad , Chuangxin Jiang , Ruiqi Liu , Junchen Liu

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is expected to be one of the major features of 6G wireless networks. In an ISAC system, communications and sensing functionalities are jointly performed using the same waveform, frequency band and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Homa Nikbakht , Husheng Li , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system has been envisioned as a promising technology to be applied in future applications requiring both communication and high-accuracy sensing. Different from most research focusing on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-17 Jintao Wang , Chengwang Ji , Jiajia Guo , Shaodan Ma

In Beyond5G and 6G networks, a common theme is that sensing will play a more significant role than ever before. Over this trend, Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) is focused on unifying the sensing functionalities and the…

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Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is recognized as one of the key enabling technologies for sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks, facilitating diverse emerging applications and services in an energy and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Zehra Yigit , Ertugrul Basar

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), which is recognized as a key enabler for sixth generation (6G), has brought new opportunities for intelligent, sustainable, and connected wireless networks. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-26 Kawon Han , Christos Masouros , Taneli Riihonen , Moeness G. Amin

The sixth generation (6G) wireless networks aim to achieve ultra-high data transmission rates, very low latency and enhanced energy-efficiency. To this end, terahertz (THz) band is one of the key enablers of 6G to meet such requirements.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-07 Ahmet M. Elbir , Kumar Vijay Mishra , Symeon Chatzinotas , Mehdi Bennis

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is a promising technology in 6G systems. The existing 3D Geometry-Based Stochastic Model (GBSM), as standardized for 5G systems, addresses solely communication channels and lacks consideration of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-26 Yameng Liu , Jianhua Zhang , Yuxiang Zhang , Huiwen Gong , Tao Jiang , Guangyi Liu

With the continuous increase of the spectrum and antennas, endogenous sensing is now possible in the fifth generation and future wireless communication systems. However, sensing is a highly complex task for a heterogeneous communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Jie Yang , Xi Yang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) will be central to 6G-enabled transportation, providing both seamless connectivity and high-precision sensing. However, this tight integration exposes attack points not encountered in pure sensing…

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising technique to provide sensing services in future wireless networks. Numerous existing works have adopted a monostatic radar architecture to realize ISAC, i.e., employing the same…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Dongfang Xu , Chang Liu , Shenghui Song , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) is emerging as a foundational paradigm for next-generation wireless networks, enabling communication infrastructures to simultaneously support data transmission and environment sensing. By…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-07 S. Zhang , M. Feizarefi , A. F. Mirzaei

This paper presents an overview on intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-enabled sensing and communication for the forthcoming sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, in which IRSs are strategically deployed to proactively reconfigure…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-12 Xianxin Song , Yuan Fang , Feng Wang , Zixiang Ren , Xianghao Yu , Ye Zhang , Fan Liu , Jie Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Rui Zhang , Shuguang Cui

The Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) paradigm is anticipated to be a cornerstone of the upcoming 6G networks. In order to optimize the use of wireless resources, 6G ISAC systems need to harness the communication data payload…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Fan Liu , Ya-Feng Liu , Yuanhao Cui , Christos Masouros , Jie Xu , Tony Xiao Han , Stefano Buzzi , Yonina C. Eldar , Shi Jin

The emergence of technologies demanding high data rates and precise sensing, such as autonomous vehicles and IoT devices, has driven the popularity of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in recent years. ISAC provides a framework…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-21 Ahmed Magbool , Vaibhav Kumar , Qingqing Wu , Marco Di Renzo , Mark F. Flanagan

The integration of sensing and communication (ISAC) emerges as a cornerstone technology for the forth upcoming sixth generation era, seamlessly incorporating sensing functionality into wireless networks as a native capability. The main…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-20 Kaitao Meng , Christos Masouros , Athina P. Petropulu , Lajos Hanzo