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Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) allows networks to perform sensing alongside data transmission. While most ISAC studies focus on single-target, multi-user scenarios, multi-target sensing is scarcely researched. This letter…

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This paper presents an initial investigation into the combination of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) and massive communication, both of which are largely regarded as key scenarios in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks.…

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This letter is the second part of a three-part tutorial focusing on rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) for 6G. As Part II of the tutorial, this letter addresses the interplay between RSMA and integrated radar sensing and communications…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-06 Longfei Yin , Yijie Mao , Onur Dizdar , Bruno Clerckx

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) unifies sensing and communication, and improves the efficiency of the spectrum, energy, and hardware. In this work, we investigate the ISAC beamforming design to maximize the mutual information…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-12 Jin Li , Gui Zhou , Tantao Gong , Nan Liu

A canonical use case of Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems involves a multi-antenna transmitter communicating with $K$ users and sensing targets in its vicinity. For this setup,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Xinze Lyu , Sundar Aditya , Bruno Clerckx

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a potential technology of the sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication system, which enables communication base station (BS) with sensing capability. However, the performance of single-BS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-30 Zhiqing Wei , Haotian Liu , Hujun Li , Wangjun Jiang , Zhiyong Feng , Huici Wu , Ping Zhang

Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) will become a service in future mobile communication networks. It enables the detection and recognition of passive objects and environments using radar-like sensing. The ultimate advantage is the…

This paper presents a sensing management frame- work for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) within cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems to reduce pilot-based channel state information (CSI) acquisition…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-22 Eren Berk Kama , Murat Babek Salman , Isaac Skog , Emil Björnson

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is considered as the potential key technology of the future mobile communication systems. The signal design is fundamental for the ISAC system. The reference signals in mobile communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Zhiqing Wei , Fengyun Li , Haotian Liu , Xu Chen , Huici Wu , Kaifeng Han , Zhiyong Feng

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) has attracted substantial attraction in recent years for spectral efficiency improvement, enabling hardware and spectrum sharing for simultaneous sensing and signaling operations. In-band Full…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-17 Md Atiqul Islam , George C. Alexandropoulos , Besma Smida

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) emerges as a promising technology for B5G/6G, particularly in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band. However, the widespread adoption of hybrid architecture in mmWave systems compromises multiplexing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Boxun Liu , Shijian Gao , Zonghui Yang , Xiang Cheng

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), which is recognized as a key enabler for sixth generation (6G), has brought new opportunities for intelligent, sustainable, and connected wireless networks. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-26 Kawon Han , Christos Masouros , Taneli Riihonen , Moeness G. Amin

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) emerges as a promising technology for B5G/6G, particularly in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band. However, the widely utilized hybrid architecture in mmWave systems compromises multiplexing gain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-20 Boxun Liu , Shijian Gao , Zonghui Yang , Xiang Cheng , Liuqing Yang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is one of the key usage scenarios for future sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication networks, where communication and sensing (C&S) services are simultaneously provided through shared wireless…

This paper addresses the topic of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in 5G and emerging 6G wireless networks. ISAC systems operate within shared, congested or even contested spectrum, aiming to deliver high performance in both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-27 Visa Koivunen , Musa Furkan Keskin , Henk Wymeersch , Mikko Valkama , Nuria González-Prelcic

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a key enabler of 6G. Unlike communication radio links, the sensing signal requires to experience round trips from many scatters. Therefore, sensing is more power-sensitive and faces a severer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-02 Yihua Ma , Zhifeng Yuan , Shuqiang Xia , Chen Bai , Zhongbin Wang , Yuxin Wang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technology is crucial for next-generation underwater networks. However, covering multiple users and targets and balancing sensing and communication performance in complex underwater acoustic (UWA)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Wei Men , Longfei Zhao , Yong Liang Guan , Xiangwang Hou , Yong Ren , Dusit Niyato

The sixth generation (6G) systems will likely employ orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform for performing the joint task of sensing and communication. In this paper, we design an OFDM system for integrated sensing and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Vijaya Yajnanarayana , Philipp Geuer

We propose a novel integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system that leverages sensing to assist communication, ensuring fast initial access, seamless user tracking, and uninterrupted communication for millimeter wave (mmWave)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Gui Zhou , Moritz Garkisch , Zhendong Peng , Cunhua Pan , Robert Schober

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has recently emerged as a candidate 6G technology, aiming to unify the two key operations of the future network in spectrum/energy/cost efficient way. ISAC involves communicating information to…

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