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We present an optical wavefront shaping approach that allows tracking and localization of signal hidden inside or behind a scattering medium. The method combines traditional feedback based wavefront shaping together with a switch function,…
In this paper we consider an un-cooperative spectrum sharing scenario, wherein a radar system is to be overlaid to a pre-existing wireless communication system. Given the order of magnitude of the transmitted powers in play, we focus on the…
In wireless networks, the presence of interference among wireless links in- troduces dependencies among flows that do not share a single link or node. As a result, when designing a resource allocation scheme, be it a medium access scheduler…
In a multistatic cloud radar system, receive sensors measure signals sent by a transmit element and reflected from a target and possibly clutter, in the presence of interference and noise. The receive sensors communicate over non-ideal…
Optical fibers have long been employed as sensors in a wide range of commercial systems. Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) extends this concept by enabling the detection and localization of acoustic sources along the fiber, using…
In this paper, we focus on constant-modulus waveform design for the dual use of radar target detection and cellular transmission. As the MIMO radar typically transmits orthogonal waveforms to search potential targets, we aim at jointly…
Cognitive backscattering, an integration of cognitive radio and backsatter modulation, is emerging as a potential candidate for green Internet of Things (IoT). In cognitive backscatter systems, the backscatter device (BD) shares not only…
Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) enables radio-frequency (RF) powered backscatter devices (BDs) (e.g., sensors, tags) to modulate their information bits over ambient RF carriers in an over-the-air manner. This technology also called…
In harmonic radar (HR), the radio frequency transmitter illuminates a nonlinear target (the tag), causing the return signal to consist of harmonics at multiples of the transmitted carrier frequency. Of them, the second harmonic is usually…
Motivated by applications to wireless communications, this paper addresses the propagation of waves transmitted by ambient noise sources and interacting with metamaterials. We discuss a generalized Helmholtz-Kirchhoff identity that is valid…
Integrating functions such as radar and communication into a single system is of great significance for the miniaturization and functional integration of future electronic warfare and 6G systems. Here, we show a dual-functional microwave…
Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) enables ultra-low-power connectivity by allowing passive backscatter devices (BDs) to convey information through reflection of ambient signals. However, the cascaded AmBC channel suffers from severe…
This paper explores an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system with backscattering RFID tags. In this setup, an access point employs communication beams to serve communication users while leveraging a sensing beam to interrogate…
Wireless powered backscatter communications is an attractive technology for next-generation low-powered sensor networks such as the Internet of Things. However, backscattering suffers from collisions due to multiple simultaneous…
We consider a signaling format where the information to be communicated from one or multiple transmitters to a receiver is modulated via a superposition of independent data streams. Each data stream is formed by error-correction encoding,…
The co-design of radar sensing and communications in dual-functional radar communication systems brings promising advantages for next generation wireless networks by providing gains in terms of the efficient and flexible use of spectrum,…
Backscattering tag-to-tag networks (BTTNs) represent a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) system that enables direct communication between tags within an external radio frequency (RF) field. However, low spectral efficiency and…
This paper studies backscatter communication (BackCom) systems with a passive backscatter tag. The effectiveness of these tags is limited by the amount of energy they can harness from incident radio signals, which are used to backscatter…
In this study, a novel transmission scheme is proposed to serve radar-sensing and communication objectives at the same time and allocated bandwidth. The proposed transmitted frame non-orthogonally superimposes two different waveforms, which…
We focus on a dual-functional multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) radar-communication (RadCom) system, where a single transmitter communicates with downlink cellular users and detects radar targets simultaneously. Several design criteria are…