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This paper investigates a cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) system where distributed access points (APs) perform integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) tasks, enabling simultaneous user communication and target…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Sergi Liesegang , Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea

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…

Cell-free (CF) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) combines CF architecture with ISAC. CF employs distributed access points, eliminates cell boundaries, and enhances coverage, spectral efficiency, and reliability. ISAC unifies radar…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Diluka Galappaththige , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Gayan Aruma Baduge , Chintha Tellambura

This paper considers a cell-free integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) MIMO system, where distributed MIMO access points (APs) jointly serve the communication users and sense the target. For this setup, we derive a sensing SNR for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Umut Demirhan , Ahmed Alkhateeb

The widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in low-altitude airspace has raised significant safety and security concerns, motivating the development of reliable non-cooperative UAV surveillance technologies. Integrated sensing and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Shiyu Bai , Sijia Li , Cunyi Yin , Wenqiu Qu , Li-Ta Hsu , Yuanwei Liu , Wen-Hua Chen

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising technology for future mobile networks, enabling sensing applications to be performed by existing communication networks, consequently improving the system efficiency. Millimeter…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-04 Weixian Yan , Ozan Alp Topal , Zinat Behdad , Ozlem Tugfe Demir , Cicek Cavdar

In this paper, we combine the network-assisted full-duplex (NAFD) technology and distributed radar sensing to implement integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). The ISAC system features both uplink and downlink remote radio units (RRUs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Fan Zeng , Jingxuan Yu , Jiamin Li , Feiyang Liu , Dongming Wang , Xiaohu You

In this paper, we investigate a cell-free massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)-enabled integration communication, computation, and sensing (ICCS) system, aiming to minimize the maximum computation latency to guarantee the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Qihao Peng , Qu Luo , Zheng Chu , Zihuai Lin , Maged Elkashlan , Pei Xiao , George K. Karagiannidis , Christos Masouros

Recently, the so-called cell-free (CF) Massive MIMO architecture has been introduced, wherein a very large number of distributed access points (APs) simultaneously and jointly serve a much smaller number of mobile stations (MSs). The paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-07 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea , Alessio Zappone

We propose a novel doubly-dispersive (DD) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel model incorporating flexible intelligent metasurfaces (FIMs), which is suitable for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in high-mobility…

To improve the poor performance of distributed operation and non-scalability of centralized operation in traditional cell-free massive MIMO, we propose a cell-free distributed collaborative (CFDC) massive multiple-input multiple-output…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-30 Jiamin Li , Qijun Pan , Pengcheng Zhu , Dongming Wang , Xiaohu You

This paper investigates the system model and the transmit beamforming design for the Cell-Free massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system. The impact of the uncertainty of the target locations…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Weihao Mao , Yang Lu , Chong-Yung Chi , Bo Ai , Zhangdui Zhong , Zhiguo Ding

Multi-Cell (MC) systems are present in mobile network operations from the first generation to the fifth generation of wireless networks, and considers the signals of all users to a base station (BS) centered in a cell. Cell-Free (CF)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-04 E. F. de Almeida , R. C. de Lamare

To meet the unprecedented mobile traffic demands of future wireless networks, a paradigm shift from conventional cellular networks to distributed communication systems is imperative. Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Mohammadali Mohammadi , Zahra Mobini , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

This paper studies integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) with dynamic time division duplex (DTDD) cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output~(mMIMO) systems. DTDD enables the CF mMIMO system to concurrently serve both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-15 Anubhab Chowdhury , Sai Subramanyam Thoota , Erik G. Larsson

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…

The employment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) aligned with multistatic sensing in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems can provide remarkable performance gains in sensing, by taking advantage of the cell-free massive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-13 Xavier A. Flores Cabezas , Isabella W. G. da Silva , Markku Juntti

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a key feature of next-generation wireless networks, enabling a wide range of emerging applications such as vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which operate in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-03 Haoran Yin , Yanqun Tang , Jun Xiong , Fan Liu , Yuanhan Ni , Qu Luo , Roberto Bomfin , Marwa Chafii , Marios Kountouris , Christos Masouros

In-band Full-Duplex (FD) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems offer a significant opportunity for Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) due to their capability to realize simultaneous signal transmissions and receptions.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Besma Smida , George C. Alexandropoulos , Taneli Riihonen , Md Atiqul Islam

This paper investigates a downlink multi-satellite integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) network, in which multiple satellites simultaneously transmit ISAC signals to provide communication services to ground user equipments and enable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-10 Jeongbin Kim , Jaehong Jo , Seunghyeon Jeon , Wonjae Shin , Yo-Seb Jeon , H. Vincent Poor