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As a critical technology for next-generation communication networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) aims to achieve the harmonious coexistence of communication and sensing. The degrees-of-freedom (DoF) of ISAC is limited due to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Yongqing Xu , Yong Li , Tony Q. S. Quek

This paper undertakes a holistic investigation of two fundamental trade-offs in monostatic OFDM integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems-namely, the time-frequency trade-off and the spatial trade-off, originating from the choice…

Near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) enables object-level sensing from distance-dependent array responses, yet most existing near-field methods still rely on point-target models and realistic extended targets remain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-25 Zongyao Zhao , Zhaolin Wang , Lincong Han , Jing Jin , Yuanwei Liu , Kaibin Huang

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems promise to revolutionize wireless networks by concurrently supporting high-resolution sensing and high-performance communication. This paper presents a novel radio access technology (RAT)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-16 Yulan Gao , Ziqiang Ye , Ming Xiao , Yue Xiao

Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite-assisted integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) systems have been extensively studied to achieve ubiquitous connectivity. However, the severe signal attenuation and limited transmit power at LEO…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-07 Hanfu Zhang , Erwu Liu

As integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) capabilities become more prevalent in the mobile 6G radio landscape, there is a substantial opportunity to enhance situational awareness across diverse applications through multi-static radar…

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is emerging as a pivotal technology for next-generation wireless networks. However, existing ISAC systems are based on fixed-position antennas (FPAs), which inevitably incur a loss in performance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Jingze Ding , Zijian Zhou , Xiaodan Shao , Bingli Jiao , Rui Zhang

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

The Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) paradigm is anticipated to be a cornerstone of the upcoming 6G networks. In order to optimize the use of wireless resources, 6G ISAC systems need to harness the communication data payload…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Fan Liu , Ya-Feng Liu , Yuanhao Cui , Christos Masouros , Jie Xu , Tony Xiao Han , Stefano Buzzi , Yonina C. Eldar , Shi Jin

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a transformative paradigm, enabling situationally aware and perceptive next-generation wireless networks through the co-design of shared network resources. With the adoption of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil

In this work, we aim to effectively characterize the performance of cooperative integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks and to reveal how performance metrics relate to network parameters. To this end, we introduce a generalized…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-15 Dongsheng Sui , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Jiahua Wan , Liuchang Zhuo , Jing Jin , Qixing Wang , Jiangzhou Wang

A near-field integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) framework is proposed, which introduces an additional distance dimension for both sensing and communications compared to the conventional far-field system. In particular, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu

Addressing the communication and sensing demands of sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication system, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has garnered traction in academia and industry. With the sensing limitation of single base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-17 Haotian Liu , Zhiqing Wei , Furong Yang , Huici Wu , Kaifeng Han , Zhiyong Feng

This paper explores the potential of the intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in realizing multi-user concurrent communication and localization, using the same time-frequency resources. Specifically, we propose an IRS-enabled multi-user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Zhouyuan Yu , Xiaoling Hu , Chenxi Liu , Mugen Peng , Caijun Zhong

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has the potential to facilitate coordination gains from mutual assistance between sensing and communication (S&C), especially sensing-aided communication enhancement (SACE). Reconfigurable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-14 Xiaohui Li , Qi Zhu , Yunpei Chen , Chadi Assi , Yifei Yuan

A dual-robust design of beamforming is investigated in an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system.Existing research on robust ISAC waveform design, while proposing solutions to imperfect channel state information (CSI), generally…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-20 Wanting Lyu , Songjie Yang , Yue Xiu , Xinyi Chen , Zhongpei Zhang , Chadi Assi , Chau Yuan

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Homa Nikbakht , Husheng Li , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

This paper investigates a Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces (SIM)-assisted Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) system. An extended target model is considered, where the BS aims to estimate the complete target response matrix…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Ziqing Wang , Hongzheng Liu , Jianan Zhang , Rujing Xiong , Kai Wan , Xuewen Qian , Marco Di Renzo , Robert Caiming Qiu

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is envisioned as a key feature in future wireless communications networks. Its integration with massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) techniques promises to leverage substantial spatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-19 Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Van-Dinh Nguyen , Hieu V. Nguyen , Hien Quoc Ngo , A. Lee Swindlehurst , Markku Juntti

Distributed integrated sensing and communication (D-ISAC) enables multiple spatially distributed nodes to cooperatively perform sensing and communication. However, achieving coherent cooperation across distributed nodes is challenging due…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Seonghoon Yoo , Seulhyun Kwon , Kawon Han , Elaheh Ataeebojd , Mehdi Rasti , Joonhyuk Kang