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The sixth generation of wireless networks defined several key performance indicators (KPIs) for assessing its networks, mainly in terms of reliability, coverage, and sensing. In this regard, remarkable attention has been paid recently to…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Waqas Aman , El-Mehdi Illi , Marwa Qaraqe , Saif Al-Kuwari

The rapid development of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks requires seamless integration of communication and sensing to support ubiquitous intelligence and real-time, high-reliability applications. Integrated sensing and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-17 Qingqing Wu , Qiaoyan Peng , Ziheng Zhang , Xiaodan Shao , Yang Liu , Yifan Jiang , Yapeng Zhao , Yanze Zhu , Yilong Chen , Zixiang Ren , Jie Xu , Wen Chen , Rui Zhang

Both smart propagation engineering as well as integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) constitute promising candidates for next-generation (NG) mobile networks. We provide a synergistic view of these technologies, and explore their…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Kaitao Meng , Christos Masouros , Kai-Kit Wong , Athina P. Petropulu , Lajos Hanzo

Cell-free (CF) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) combines CF architecture with ISAC. CF employs distributed access points, eliminates cell boundaries, and enhances coverage, spectral efficiency, and reliability. ISAC unifies radar…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Diluka Galappaththige , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Gayan Aruma Baduge , Chintha Tellambura

Radar and wireless communication are widely acknowledged as the two most successful applications of the radio technology over the past decades. Recently, there is a trend in both academia and industry to achieve integrated sensing and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-02 Liang Liu , Shuowen Zhang , Rui Du , Tong Xiao Han , Shuguang Cui

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), combined with data-driven approaches, has emerged as a highly significant field, garnering considerable attention from academia and industry. Its potential to enable wide-scale applications in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Hammam Salem , MD Muzakkir Quamar , Adeb Mansoor , Mohammed Elrashidy , Nasir Saeed , Mudassir Masood

The sixth-generation wireless communications (6G) is often labeled as "connected intelligence". Radio sensing, aligned with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), promises, among other benefits, breakthroughs in the…

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) represents a significant shift in the 6G landscape, where wireless networks both sense the environment and communicate. While prior comprehensive surveys have established foundational elements of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Chandra Thapa , Surya Nepal

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is poised to be a defining feature of 6G networks, promising to transform cellular base stations (BSs) into ubiquitous radar sensors. However, a significant gap exists between the theoretical…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-27 Henglin Pu , Husheng Li

In the era of sixth-generation (6G) wireless communications, integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is recognized as a promising solution to upgrade the physical system by endowing wireless communications with sensing capability.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-21 Xiang Cheng , Haotian Zhang , Jianan Zhang , Shijian Gao , Sijiang Li , Ziwei Huang , Lu Bai , Zonghui Yang , Xinhu Zheng , Liuqing Yang

Driven by the vision of intelligent connection of everything and digital twin towards 6G, a myriad of new applications, such as immersive extended reality, autonomous driving, holographic communications, intelligent industrial internet,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Zhiqin Wang , Kaifeng Han , Jiamo Jiang , Zhiqing Wei , Guangxu Zhu , Zhiyong Feng , Jianmin Lu , Chunwei Meng

The ultimate goal of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) deployment is to provide coordinated sensing and communication services at an unprecedented scale. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of network-level ISAC systems,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-05 Kawon Han , Kaitao Meng , Xiao-Yang Wang , Christos Masouros

As the demand for ubiquitous connectivity and high-precision environmental awareness grows, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a key technology for sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. Intelligent metasurfaces…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-08 Shunyu Li , Tianqi Mao , Guangyao Liu , Fan Zhang , Ruiqi Liu , Meng Hua , Zhen Gao , Qingqing Wu , George K. Karagiannidis

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) 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 communications (ISAC) has emerged as an intrinsic service of upcoming 6G wireless systems, enabling the reuse of communication signals for environmental sensing and supporting context-aware network functionalities.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Osmel Martínez Rosabal , Onel L. Alcaraz López

Sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected not only to provide high-speed connectivity but also to support reliable sensing capabilities, giving rise to the integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) paradigm. To enable higher…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Fan Zhang , Tianqi Mao , Mingkun Li , Meng Hua , Jinshu Chen , Christos Masouros , Zhaocheng Wang

With the extremely large-scale array XL-array deployed in future wireless systems, wireless communication and sensing are expected to operate in the radiative near-field region, which needs to be characterized by the spherical rather than…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Jiayi Cong , Changsheng You , Jiapeng Li , Li Chen , Beixiong Zheng , Yuanwei Liu , Wen Wu , Yi Gong , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

With the advancement of sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication systems, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is crucial for perceiving and interacting with the environment via electromagnetic propagation, termed channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-04 Zhengyu Zhang , Ruisi He , Bo Ai , Mi Yang , Xuejian Zhang , Ziyi Qi , Zhangdui Zhong

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is expected to play a crucial role in the sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication systems, offering potential applications in the scenarios of intelligent transportation, smart factories, etc.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Zhiqing Wei , Jinzhu Jia , Yangyang Niu , Lin Wang , Huici Wu , Heng Yang , Zhiyong Feng