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Airborne mobile Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) base stations have garnered significant attention recently, with ISAC technology being a crucial application for 6G networks. Since ISAC can sense potential mobile communication…

Performance · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Shengcai Zhou , Luping Xiang , Kun Yang , Kai Kit Wong , Dapeng Oliver Wu , Chan-Byoung Chae

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) has been recognized as a promising multiple access technique for future wireless communication systems. Recent research demonstrates that RSMA can maintain its superiority without relying on Successive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Sibo Zhang , Bruno Clerckx , David Vargas

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is emerging as a promising technique for achieving robust and rapid emergency response capabilities. Such a novel framework offers high-quality and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-28 Binghan Yao , Ruoguang Li , Yingyang Chen , Li Wang

This paper proposes, for the first time, a hybrid multiple access framework that integrates the principles of rate-splitting (RS) and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) in an SISO downlink scenario. The proposed scheme, termed RS-SCMA,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-29 Minerva Priyadarsini , Zilong Liu , Kuntal Deka , Sujit Kumar Sahoo , Sanjeev Sharma

This paper exploits the potential of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to improve radar sensing in a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) empowered integrated sensing and communication (NOMA-ISAC) network. The objective is to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Jiakuo Zuo , Yuanwei Liu

This research presents a novel framework integrating Flexible-Duplex (FlexD) and Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) technologies to address the challenges of spectrum efficiency and resource optimization in next-generation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Tharaka Perera , Saman Atapattu , Chathuranga Weeraddana , Jamie Evans

In this paper, we propose a time-division near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework for cell-free multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), where sensing and downlink communication are separated in time. During the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Chaedam Son , Si-Hyeon Lee

The proliferation of connected devices and emergence of internet-of-everything represent a major challenge for broadband wireless networks. This requires a paradigm shift towards the development of innovative technologies for next…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-06 Shimaa Naser , Lina Bariah , Wael Jaafar , Sami Muhaidat , Paschalis C. Sofotasios , Mahmoud Al-Qutayri , Octavia A. Dobre

Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) is a multiple access scheme to mitigate the effects of the multi-user interference (MUI) in multi-antenna systems. In this study, we leverage the interference management capabilities of RSMA to tackle…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Mehmet Mert Sahin , Onur Dizdar , Bruno Clerckx , Huseyin Arslan

Future sixth-generation (6G) networks require high spectral efficiency (SE), massive connectivity, and stringent reliability under imperfect channel state information at the transmitter. Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) addresses part…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-15 Jinyuan Liu , Yong Liang Guan , Hong Niu , Qian Zhang , Mérouane Debbah , Hyundong Shin , Bruno Clerckx

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) is a powerful and versatile physical layer multiple access technique that generalizes and has better interference management capabilities than 5G-based Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA). It is also…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-18 Sundar Aditya , Yong Jin Daniel Kim , David Vargas , David Redgate , Onur Dizdar , Neil Bhushan , Xinze Lyu , Sibo Zhang , Stephen Wang , Bruno Clerckx

This paper investigates a downlink multiuser multiple-input single-output system that integrates rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) with a stacked intelligent metasurface (SIM) to enable wave-domain beamforming. Unlike conventional…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-17 Abdullah Quran , Shimaa Naser , Maryam Tariq , Omar Alhussein , Sami Muhaidat

This paper proposes an $\alpha$-fair multistatic integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework for multi-user multi-input multi-output (MIMO)-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, where communication users act…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Hyeonho Noh , Jonggyu Jang

Considering a two-user multi-antenna Broadcast Channel, this paper shows that linearly precoded Rate-Splitting (RS) with Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) receivers is a flexible framework for non-orthogonal transmission that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-12 Bruno Clerckx , Yijie Mao , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

In this letter, we study a rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA)-based intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) secure communication system with a potential eavesdropper (Eve). Aiming to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Ying Gao , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

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

This paper delves into an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system bolstered by a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS). Within this system, a base station (BS) is equipped with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Yuan Liu , Ruichen Zhang , Ruihong Jiang , Yongdong Zhu , Huimin Hu , Qiang Ni , Zesong Fei , Dusit Niyato

Dual-Functional Radar-Communication (DFRC) systems have been investigated to manage the inter-system interference between radar and communication systems. However, the studies in literature often assume that the DFRC possesses perfect…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-27 Rafael Cerna Loli , Onur Dizdar , Bruno Clerckx

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems may face a heavy computation burden since the sensory data needs to be further processed. This paper studies a novel system that integrates sensing, communication, and computation, aiming…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-02 Yapeng Zhao , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Yong Zeng , Ruiqi Liu , Weidong Mei , Fen Hou , Shaodan Ma

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been recognized as one of the key technologies capable of simultaneously improving communication and sensing services in future wireless networks. Moreover, the introduction of recently…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Nemanja Stefan Perović , Keshav Singh , Chih-Peng Li , Octavia A. Dobre , Mark F. Flanagan