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Open RAN (O-RAN) defines an emerging cellular radio access network (RAN) architecture for future 6G wireless networks, emphasizing openness and intelligence which are considered the foundations of future 6G wireless networks. While the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-27 Pratheek S. Upadhyaya , Aly S. Abdalla , Vuk Marojevic , Jeffrey H. Reed , Vijay K. Shah

Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) promise flexible 6G network access through disaggregated, software-driven components and open interfaces, but this programmability also increases operational complexity. Multiple control loops coexist…

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Mono-static sensing operations in ISAC perform joint beamforming between transmitter and receiver. However, in contrast to pure radar systems, ISAC requires to fulfill communications tasks and to retain the corresponding design constraints…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Alexander Felix , Silvio Mandelli , Marcus Henninger , Stephan ten Brink

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising feature of future communication networks. While spatial sensing can improve network performance and enable external services, it also creates privacy challenges that go beyond the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Onur Günlü , Stefano Tomasin , João P. Vilela , Francesco Chiti , Prajnamaya Dass , Angeliki Alexiou , Utz Roedig

As the research community starts to address the* key features of 6G cellular standards, one of the agreed bridge topics to be studied already in 5G advanced releases is Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC). The first efforts of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-25 Silvio Mandelli , Marcus Henninger , Maximilian Bauhofer , Thorsten Wild

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

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising paradigm for next-generation vehicular networks, yet existing orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based designs suffer from limited spatial diversity and severe…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Jyotsna Rani , Kuntal Deka , Ganesh Prasad , Zilong Liu

A novel Integrated Sensing-Communication (ISAC) system is proposed that can accommodate high mobility scenarios while making efficient use of bandwidth for both communication and sensing. The system comprises a monostatic multiple-input…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Kailong Wang , Athina Petropulu

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is a key enabler of new applications, such as precision agriculture, extended reality (XR), and digital twins, for 6G wireless systems. However, the implementation of ISAC technology is very…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-22 Byunghyun Lee , Hwanjin Kim , David J. Love , James V. Krogmeier

Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) is emerging as a key enabler for 6G networks, with signaling design at the core of its evolution. This paper reviews the paradigm shift of ISAC signaling designs from pilot-aided sensing to data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Yunxin Li , Ying Zhang , Christos Masouros , Sofie Pollin , Fan Liu

This article focuses on the development of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) from a multiple access (MA) perspective, where the idea of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is exploited for harmoniously accommodating the sensing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-19 Xidong Mu , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu

Future wireless networks will integrate sensing, learning and communication to provide new services beyond communication and to become more resilient. Sensors at the network infrastructure, sensors on the user equipment, and the sensing…

By deploying antenna arrays at the transmitter/receiver to provide additional spatial-domain degrees of freedom (DoFs), multi-antenna technology greatly improves the reliability and efficiency of wireless communication. Meanwhile, the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Yong Zeng , Zhenjun Dong , Huizhi Wang , Lipeng Zhu , Ziyao Hong , Qingji Jiang , Dongming Wang , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) has emerged as a promising solution in addressing the challenges of high-mobility scenarios in 5G NR Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communications. This paper proposes a novel sensing-assisted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-10 Yunxin Li , Fan Liu , Haoqiu Xiong , Zhenkun Wang , Narengerile , Christos Masouros

The concept of AI-RAN as specified by the AI-RAN alliance is geared to explore a converged 6G platform that can support management, orchestration, and deployment of both AI and RAN workloads. This concept is central to the development of a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Syed Danial Ali Shah , Zeinab Nezami , Maryam Hafeez , Syed Ali Raza Zaidi

Future generations of mobile networks call for concurrent sensing and communication functionalities in the same hardware and/or spectrum. Compared to communication, sensing services often suffer from limited coverage, due to the high path…

Future 6G systems are expected to exploit upper midband spectrum in frequency range 3 (FR3) not only for high throughput communications, but also for sensing services such as localization, detection, and situational awareness. The following…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Ahmad Bazzi , Florian Gast , Fan Liu , Shi Jin , Gerhard Fettweis , Marwa Chafii

In this paper, we investigate the resource allocation design for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in distributed antenna networks (DANs). In particular, coordinated by a central processor (CP), a set of remote radio heads (RRHs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-03 Dongfang Xu , Ata Khalili , Xianghao Yu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Robert Schober

The shift toward sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks places integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) at the core of future applications such as autonomous driving, extended reality, and smart manufacturing. However, the combination…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-27 Yonghwi Kim , Sang-Hyun Park , Siyun Yang , Kai-Kit Wong , Linglong Dai , Chan-Byoung Chae

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is poised to be a native technology for the forthcoming Sixth Generation (6G) era, with an emphasis on its potential to enhance communications performance through the integration of sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-12 Andrea Ramos , Musa Furkan Keskin , Henk Wymeersch , Saul Inca , Jose F. Monserrat