Integration of Communication, Sensing and Computing for 6G
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2025 | Viewed by 317
Special Issue Editors
Interests: integrated sensing and communications; reconfigurable intelligent surface; unmanned aerial vehicle communication; mobile edge computing
Interests: channel coding and modulation semantic communications; integrated sensing and communications
Interests: MIMO radar; statistical signal processing; integrated sensing and communications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
6G is envisioned to be a unified network, where the physical and digital worlds are deeply intertwined, enabling a plethora of new applications ranging from immersive extended reality to autonomous systems and smart cities. The success of these applications hinges on the ability to sense the environment accurately, communicate swiftly, and compute decisions intelligently—all in harmony. The integration of sensing, communication, and computing (ISCC) is therefore essential for unlocking the full potential of this next-generation technology.
This Special Issue is a call to action for researchers to delve into the heart of ISCC for 6G, exploring how these technologies can be merged to create systems that are not only more efficient but also more intuitive and responsive.
This Special Issue seeks to bring together contributions from researchers and practitioners in the area of wireless communications, signal processing, and beyond, with an emphasis on recent advances in new approaches and techniques for ISCC designs. We solicit high-quality original research papers on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Fundamental information-theoretic limits for ISCC;
- Waveform/sequence/coding/modulation/beamforming design for ISCC;
- MIMO, massive MIMO, and extremely large-scale MIMO for ISCC;
- Intelligent/holographic surfaces and movable/fluid antennas for ISCC;
- Millimeter-wave and THz technologies for ISCC;
- Channel modeling and measurement for ISCC;
- Hardware prototyping and field tests for ISCC;
- Near-field ISCC transmission;
- Security and privacy issues in ISCC;
- ISCC design for V2X/UAV networks;
- Sensing and positioning over communication networks;
- Cell-free ISCC networks;
- Integrated communications and multi-modal sensing;
- Standardization progress of ISCC.
Dr. Xinyi Wang
Dr. Jingxuan Huang
Dr. Jiahao Bai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 6G networks
- integrated sensing and communications
- mobile edge computing
- security and privacy
- MIMO
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