Hardware Enablement of Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2024 | Viewed by 75
Special Issue Editors
Interests: integrated sensing and communication systems; RF/mmWave IC product design and validation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mechanisms that combine sensing and communication characteristics to provide wireless networking with enhanced performance, operate them with inexpensive and small-sized hardware, and optimize the use of a scarce spectrum are typically referred to as integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. Enabling ISAC requires the research and development of innovative radio frequency (RF) hardware design methodologies. The development of solutions that correspond to ISAC began with a focus on radar many years ago. However, the introduction of multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) technology with metasurfaces and antenna arrays at millimeter (mmWave) bands resulted in wireless systems that are well suited for ISAC activities. Contemporary ISAC technologies are evolving rapidly due to the significance of wireless sensing in communication systems and the emergence of new sensing applications made possible by these breakthroughs in technology. The latest developments in ISAC are assisting the scientific and technological community in pursuing applications across diverse domains, notably autonomous driving, military surveillance, internet of things (IoT), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services, radio frequency identification (RFID), and radiocommunication. Comprehensive hypotheses that typically provide additional insights into the best way to solve a variety of communication and sensing challenges, particularly self-interference, polarization mismatch, beamforming, and other RF hardware problems that did not surface during stand-alone layout analysis are introduced by recently released ISAC strategies. Numerous open ISAC constraints remain to be addressed, for instance accomplishing the reliability that is needed for the plethora of sensing services that are anticipated to be provided by prospective radio networks, operating them without interference, and making optimal use of the scarce assets available.
The purpose of this Special Issue of MDPI’s Journal Sensors is to highlight the latest developments in this expanding area of study as well as its present and future problems. Interest-worthy subjects consist of, but are not restricted to the following:
- Hardware and RF front-end design for ISAC;
- Antennas and metasurfaces for ISAC;
- Demonstrators, prototypes, and testbeds to show results;
- Joint receiver designs;
- MIMO and massive MIMO for ISAC;
- mmWave and sub-THz for ISAC;
- System architectures and integrated design for ISAC;
- The sensor fusion of ISAC;
- Use-cases and system analysis for ISAC;
- Wi-Fi based indoor positioning and target detection/recognition.
Dr. Padmanava Sen
Dr. Shahanawaz Kamal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antennas and metasurfaces
- integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)
- radio frequency (RF) front-end
