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The radio communication division of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R) has recently adopted Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) among the key usage scenarios for IMT-2030/6G. ISAC is envisioned to play a vital role in…

The dense concentration of low-altitude, slow-speed, and small-size targets in the complex low-altitude environment poses significant security challenges, including failures in continuous wide-area sensing and ambiguous target intent, which…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-23 Ruixing Ren

This paper introduces the distributed and intelligent integrated sensing and communications (DISAC) concept, a transformative approach for 6G wireless networks that extends the emerging concept of integrated sensing and communications…

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) are envisioned to be an integral part of future wireless networks, especially when operating at the millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) frequency bands. However, establishing wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-03 Sundeep Prabhakar Chepuri , Nir Shlezinger , Fan Liu , George C. Alexandropoulos , Stefano Buzzi , Yonina C. Eldar

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) will be deployed into cellular communication systems possibly already with 5G-A and surely in 6G. This paper discusses ISAC use cases, key technology building blocks for system design with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-04 Thorsten Wild , Artjom Grudnitsky , Silvio Mandelli , Marcus Henninger , Junqing Guan , Frank Schaich

Driven by the intelligent applications of sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication systems such as smart city and autonomous driving, which connect the physical and cyber space, the integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) brings a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Zhiqing Wei , Wangjun Jiang , Zhiyong Feng , Huici Wu , Ning Zhang , Kaifeng Han , Ruizhong Xu , Ping Zhang

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

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a key development direction in the sixth-generation (6G) era, which provides essential support for the collaborative sensing and communication of future intelligent networks.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-18 Wenwen Xie , Geng Sun , Ruichen Zhang , Xuejie Liu , Yinqiu Liu , Jiacheng Wang , Dusit Niyato , Ping Zhang

This paper introduces the concept of Distributed Intelligent integrated Sensing and Communications (DISAC), which expands the capabilities of Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) towards distributed architectures. Additionally, the…

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a cornerstone technology for 6G networks, offering unified support for high-rate communication and high-accuracy sensing. While existing literature extensively covers link-level designs, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Edward Andrews , Lawrence Ong , Duy T. Ngo , Yao Liu , Min Li

The integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), in which the sensing and communication share the same frequency band and hardware, has emerged as a key technology in future wireless systems. Early works on ISAC have been focused on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-23 An Liu , Zhe Huang , Min Li , Yubo Wan , Wenrui Li , Tony Xiao Han , Chenchen Liu , Rui Du , Danny Tan Kai Pin , Jianmin Lu , Yuan Shen , Fabiola Colone , Kevin Chetty

In this paper, we propose a novel integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) framework for the sixth generation (6G) mobile networks, in which we decompose the real physical world into static environment, dynamic targets, and various…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-31 Hongliang Luo , Tengyu Zhang , Chuanbin Zhao , Yucong Wang , Bo Lin , Yuhua Jiang , Dongqi Luo , Feifei Gao

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

The sixth generation (6G) communication networks are featured by integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), revolutionizing base stations (BSs) and terminals. Additionally, in the unfolding 6G landscape, a pivotal physical layer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-01 Kaiqian Qu , Shuaishuai Guo , Jia Ye , Nasir Saeed

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been envisioned as a critical enabling technology for the next-generation wireless communication, which can realize location/motion detection of surroundings with communication devices. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-03 Yinxiao Zhuo , Tianqi Mao , Haojin Li , Chen Sun , Zhaocheng Wang , Zhu Han , Sheng Chen

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

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-17 Yuanhao Cui , Jiali Nie , Fan Liu , Weijie Yuan , Zhiyong Feng , Xiaojun Jing , Yulin Liu , Jie Xu , Christos Masouros , Shuguang Cui

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has attracted growing research interests in the context of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, in which UAVs will be exploited as aerial wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Kaitao Meng , Qingqing Wu , Jie Xu , Wen Chen , Zhiyong Feng , Robert Schober , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems are poised to revolutionize next-generation wireless networks by enabling simultaneous sensing and communication (S\&C). This survey comprehensively…

The Distributed Intelligent Sensing and Communication (DISAC) framework redefines Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) for 6G by leveraging distributed architectures to enhance scalability, adaptability, and resource efficiency. This…