Hence, current communication infrastructures can be reused for sensing by implementing certain modifications. In fact, the mobile network ambitions to evolve toward an efficient co-design of sensing and communication functionalities, within the concept of the new paradigm of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), that brings great benefits in terms of hardware reuse, energy, and spectrum.
The ultimate paradigm for ISAC consists of enabling ubiquitous radar perception, by exploiting the wide coverage of the mobile network based on ISAC, thus evolving to the concept of Perceptive Mobile Networks (PMNs). PMNs are expected to serve as a ubiquitous radio sensing network, and at the same time, being able to provide uncompromised communication service.
Our research targets the design and evaluation of novel algorithms and schemes to enable an efficient co-design of sensing and communication functionalities and enhanced resolution for positioning and sensing.
Topics of interest include:
- Cell-free MIMO ISAC systems
- Distributed/Networked and multiband sensing
- Privacy-preservation in ISAC systems
- Trustworthiness of ISAC
- Sensing-assisted communications
Projects:
- ALERT: eArLy warning systEms for dRone detection based on disTributed integrated sensing and communication, funded by WASP.
- CO-ISAC: Coherent Processing for Multi-Static ISAC Systems in 6G Networks, funded by Vinnova (6G – Research and innovation 2024).
- We contribute to the Cost Action 6G-PHYSEC in topics related to Trustworthiness of ISAC. We lead working group 1.
