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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…

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Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a pivotal technology for next-generation wireless networks, enabling simultaneous data transmission and environmental sensing. However, existing ISAC systems face fundamental…

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Future wireless networks are poised to transform into integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks, unlocking groundbreaking services such as digital twinning. To harness the full potential of ISAC networks, it is essential to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Jie Yang , Hang Que , Tao Du , Le Liang , Xiao Li , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

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…

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) promises high spectral and power efficiencies by sharing waveforms, spectrum, and hardware across sensing and data links. Yet commercial cellular networks struggle to deliver fine angular, range,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Henglin Pu , Xuefeng Wang , Lu Su , Husheng Li

The new concept of semi-integrated-sensing-and-communication (Semi-ISaC) is proposed for next-generation cellular networks. Compared to the state-of-the-art, where the total bandwidth is used for integrated sensing and communication (ISaC),…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Chao Zhang , Wenqiang Yi , Yuanwei Liu , Lajos Hanzo

The space-air-ground-sea integrated network (SAGSIN) plays an important role in offering global coverage. To improve the efficient utilization of spectral and hardware resources in the SAGSIN, integrated sensing and communications (ISAC)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-21 Li You , Xiaoyu Qiang , Christos G. Tsinos , Fan Liu , Wenjin Wang , Xiqi Gao , Björn Ottersten

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has the advantages of efficient spectrum utilization and low hardware cost. It is promising to be implemented in the fifth-generation-advanced (5G-A) and sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Zhiqing Wei , Hanyang Qu , Yuan Wang , Xin Yuan , Huici Wu , Ying Du , Kaifeng Han , Ning Zhang , Zhiyong Feng

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 this paper, we investigate a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system under typical block-fading channels. As a non-trivial extension to most existing works on ISAC, both the training and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-07 Zhenyao He , Wei Xu , Hong Shen , Yonina C. Eldar , Xiaohu You

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems have emerged as a promising solution to improve spectrum efficiency and enable functional convergence. However, ensuring secure information transmission while maintaining high-quality…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Yufei Wang , Qiang Li , Hongli Liu , Ying Zhang , Jingran Lin

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) allows networks to perform sensing alongside data transmission. While most ISAC studies focus on single-target, multi-user scenarios, multi-target sensing is scarcely researched. This letter…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-31 Ozan Alp Topal , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar

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

Terahertz (THz) band communications and integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) are two main facets of the sixth generation wireless networks. In order to compensate the severe attenuation, the THz wireless systems employ large arrays,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-20 Ahmet M. Elbir , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil

Integrated super-resolution sensing and communication (ISSAC) has emerged as a promising technology to achieve extremely high precision sensing for those key parameters, such as the angles of the sensing targets. In this paper, we propose…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-31 Jingran Xu , Huizhi Wang , Yong Zeng , Xiaoli Xu , Qingqing Wu , Fei Yang , Yan Chen , Abbas Jamalipour

Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) enables efficient spectrum utilization and reduces hardware costs for beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G networks, facilitating intelligent applications that require both high-performance communication and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Di Zhang , Yuanhao Cui , Xiaowen Cao , Nanchi Su , Yi Gong , Fan Liu , Weijie Yuan , Xiaojun Jing , J. Andrew Zhang , Jie Xu , Christos Masouros , Dusit Niyato , Marco Di Renzo

An integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) design for pinching antenna systems (PASS) is proposed, where the pinching antennas are deployed to establish reliable line-of-sight communication and sensing links. More particularly, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Zheng Zhang , Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Bingtao He , Jian Chen , Yuanwei Liu

Terahertz (THz) communications are envisioned as a key technology of next-generation wireless systems due to its ultra-broad bandwidth. One step forward, THz integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system can realize both unprecedented…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-30 Yongzhi Wu , Filip Lemic , Chong Han , Zhi Chen

As the demand for wireless connectivity continues to soar, the fifth generation and beyond wireless networks are exploring new ways to efficiently utilize the wireless spectrum and reduce hardware costs. One such approach is the integration…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-20 Ahmet M. Elbir , Kumar Vijay Mishra , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil

A non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)-inspired integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework is proposed, where a dual-functional base station (BS) transmits the composite communication and sensing signals. In contrast to treating…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Zhiguo Ding