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Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) has emerged as a key enabler for sixth generation (6G) wireless systems by jointly supporting data transmission and environmental awareness within a unified framework. However, communication and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Ahmet Yazar , Yusuf Islam Demir , Ahmed Naeem , Seyit Karatepe

Radio-frequency integrated sensing and communication (RF-ISAC) is ineffective inunderground, underwater, and in-body environments where conductive media attenuate electromagnetic waves by tens of dB per meter. This article presents…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Haofan Dong , Ozgur B. Akan

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a novel capability expected for sixth generation (6G) cellular networks. To that end, several challenges must be addressed to enable both mono- and bistatic sensing in existing deployments. A…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-22 Lucas Giroto de Oliveira , Yueheng Li , Benedikt Geiger , Laurent Schmalen , Thomas Zwick , Benjamin Nuss

Recent advances in wireless communication and solid-state circuits together with the enormous demands of sensing ability have given rise to a new enabling technology, integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). The ISAC captures two main…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-14 Yuanhao Cui , Fan Liu , Xiaojun Jing , Junsheng Mu

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications has been recently standardized for use in the fifth generation (5G) of cellular networks, fulfilling the promise of multi-gigabit mobile throughput of current and future mobile radio network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Eugenio Moro , Gabriele Gemmi , Michele Polese , Leonardo Maccari , Antonio Capone , Tommaso Melodia

It is envisioned that 6G networks will be supported by key architectural principles, including intelligence, decentralization, interoperability, and digitalization. With the advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning…

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The transition of cellular networks to (i) software-based systems on commodity hardware and (ii) platforms for services beyond connectivity introduces critical system-level challenges. As sensing emerges as a key feature toward 6G…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Davide Villa , Mauro Belgiovine , Nicholas Hedberg , Michele Polese , Chris Dick , Tommaso Melodia

Localization is increasingly becoming an integral component of wireless cellular networks. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based localization algorithms presents potential for enhancing localization…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Nada Bouknana , Mohsen Ahadi , Florian Kaltenberger , Robert Schmidt

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has shown its great potential in facilitating device-based integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), where sensing and communication tasks are mostly conducted on different time-frequency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-09 Xiaowei Qian , Xiaoling Hu , Chenxi Liu , Mugen Peng , Caijun Zhong

One of the key features of sixth-generation (6G) mobile communications will be integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). While the main goal of ISAC in standardization efforts is to detect objects, the byproducts of radar operations can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-19 Victoria Palhares , Artjom Grudnitsky , Silvio Mandelli

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is considered an innovative technology in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, where utilizing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication signals for sensing provides a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-15 Zhen Du , Jingjing Xu , Yifeng Xiong , Jie Wang , Musa Furkan Keskin , Henk Wymeersch , Fan Liu , Shi Jin

As integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) becomes an integral part of 6G networks, distributed ISAC (DISAC) is expected to enhance both sensing and communication performance through its decentralized architecture. This paper presents a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Yingjie Xu , Xuesong Cai , Michiel Sandra , Sara Willhammar , Fredrik Tufvesson

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is considered as a key component of future 6G technologies, especially in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands. Recently, the performances of ISAC were experimentally evaluated and demonstrated in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 Shiqi Liu , Hang Song , Bo Wei , Nopphon Keerativoranan , Jun-ichi Takada

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

In this work, we propose and evaluate the performance of a 5th generation (5G) New Radio (NR) bistatic Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISaC) system. Unlike the full-duplex monostatic ISaC systems, the bistatic approach enables sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Rajeev Gangula , Sakthivel Velumani , Tommaso Melodia

In disaster scenarios, ensuring both reliable communication and situational awareness becomes a critical challenge due to the partial or complete collapse of terrestrial networks. This paper proposes an integrated sensing and communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-23 Berk Ciloglu , Ozgun Ersoy , Metin Ozturk , Ali Gorcin

The burgeoning low-altitude economy (LAE) necessitates integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems capable of high-accuracy multi-target localization and velocity estimation under hardware and coverage constraints inherent in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-19 Zhenkun Zhang , Yining Xu , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Qixuan Zhang , Songtao Gao , Jiangzhou Wang

The integration of sensing capabilities into communication systems, by sharing physical resources, has a significant potential for reducing spectrum, hardware, and energy costs while inspiring innovative applications. Cooperative networks,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-26 Zhenkun Zhang , Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Sheng Hong , Dongming Wang , Jiangzhou Wang , Xiaohu You

The proliferation of 5G technology presents an unprecedented challenge in managing the energy consumption of densely deployed network infrastructures, particularly Base Stations (BSs), which account for the majority of power usage in mobile…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-17 Xuanyu Liang , Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi , Qiao Wang , Swarna Chetty , Chenrui Sun , Hamed Ahmadi

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