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The forthcoming 6G and beyond wireless networks are anticipated to introduce new groundbreaking applications, such as Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), potentially leveraging much wider bandwidths at higher frequencies and using…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-20 Nithin Babu , Alva Kosasih , Christos Masouros , Emil Björnson

This paper studies an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system within a centralized cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) network for target detection. ISAC transmit access points serve the user equipments in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Zinat Behdad , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Ki Won Sung , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar

This paper investigates a novel underlaid sensing pilot signal design for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in an OFDM-based communication system. The proposed two-dimensional (2D) pilot signal is first generated on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Pu Yuan , Hao Liu , Junjie Tan , Dajie Jiang , Lei Yan

This paper investigates the passive detection problem in multi-static integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, where multiple sensing receivers (SRs) jointly detect a target using random unknown communication signals transmitted…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Renjie He , Yiqiu Wang , Meixia Tao , Shu Sun

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is recognized as a key enabling technology for future wireless networks. To shed light on the fundamental performance limits of ISAC systems, this paper studies the deterministic-random tradeoff…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-05 Fan Liu , Yifeng Xiong , Kai Wan , Tony Xiao Han , Giuseppe Caire

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a key technology for future 6G networks. Most existing studies focus on monostatic and/or bistatic setups with limited coverage and capabilities. Networked ISAC systems with distributed base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Yuan Guo , Wen Chen , Qingqing Wu , Yang Liu , Qiong Wu , Kunlun Wang , Jun Li , Lexi Xu

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been recognized as a key enabler and feature of future wireless networks. In the existing works analyzing the performances of ISAC, discrete-time systems were commonly assumed, which, however,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Zhouyuan Yu , Xiaoling Hu , Chenxi Liu , Mugen Peng

A canonical use case of Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems involves a multi-antenna transmitter communicating with $K$ users and sensing targets in its vicinity. For this setup,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Xinze Lyu , Sundar Aditya , Bruno Clerckx

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising technology to simultaneously provide high-performance wireless communication and radar sensing services in future networks. In this paper, we propose the concept of \emph{integrated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-31 Chaoyue Zhang , Zhiwen Zhou , Huizhi Wang , Yong Zeng

Nowadays, waveforms of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) are almost based on conventional communication and sensing signal, which bounds both the communication and sensing performance. To deal with this issue, in this paper, a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Xi Nan , Rugui Yao , Ye Fan , Ruikang Zhong , Xiaoya Zuo , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has great potential to improve the performance of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, especially in scenarios where line-of-sight paths between the base station and users are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-19 Xu Gan , Chongwen Huang , Zhaohui Yang , Caijun Zhong , Xiaoming Chen , Zhaoyang Zhang , Qinghua Guo , Chau Yuen , Merouane Debbah

This paper presents a sensing management frame- work for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) within cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems to reduce pilot-based channel state information (CSI) acquisition…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-22 Eren Berk Kama , Murat Babek Salman , Isaac Skog , Emil Björnson

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

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) aims to unify radar and communication systems through a combination of joint hardware, joint waveforms, joint signal design, and joint signal processing. At high carrier frequencies, where ISAC is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-04 José Miguel Mateos-Ramos , Jinxiang Song , Yibo Wu , Christian Häger , Musa Furkan Keskin , Vijaya Yajnanarayana , Henk Wymeersch

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) techniques can leverage existing, wide-coverage communication networks to perform sensing tasks, enabling large-scale and low-cost target sensing. However, the inherent randomness of communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-25 Kaitao Meng , Kawon Han , Christos Masouros , Fan Liu

In the sixth-generation (6G) networks, massive low-power devices are expected to sense environment and deliver tremendous data. To enhance the radio resource efficiency, the integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technique exploits the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-16 Ziqin Zhou , Xiaoyang Li , Guangxu Zhu , Jie Xu , Kaibin Huang , Shuguang Cui

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) emerges as a promising technology for B5G/6G, particularly in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band. However, the widespread adoption of hybrid architecture in mmWave systems compromises multiplexing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Boxun Liu , Shijian Gao , Zonghui Yang , Xiang Cheng

In this paper, sensing-assisted secure communication in a multi-user multi-eavesdropper integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system is investigated. Confidential communication signals and dedicated sensing signals are jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-07 Fanghao Xia , Zesong Fei , Xinyi Wang , Nanchi Su , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu , Jie Xu

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) holds immense potential in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems for the Internet of Things (IoT). In this paper, we propose a UAV-aided ISAC framework and investigate three robust power…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-26 Junchang Sun , Shuai Ma , Ruixin Yang , Yang Tingting , Shiyin Li

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems are recognised as one of the key ingredients of the sixth generation (6G) network. A challenging topic in ISAC is the design of a single waveform combining both communication and sensing…