Integrated Sensing and Communications for 6G Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 1079
Special Issue Editors
Interests: interference management; wireless sensor network; internet of things; mobile adhoc networks; D2D communication; millimeter-wave communication; heterogeneous networks and 5G; beyond network designs
Interests: future internet architecture; 5G/B5G/6G; NFV/SDN; AI; ML; IoT; sensor network; next-generation wireless communication systems; game theory; technology standardization
Interests: ad hoc networks; IPv6; 5G; computer networking; network communication; routing protocols; wireless computing; information and communication technology; network performance evaluation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sixth generation (6G) mobile network communication will envelop the whole world in future decades or even earlier. 6G, in comparison to 5G, is aimed at high bit rates with a high level of gigabits per second and expanded bandwidth with extremely reduced latencies; therefore, 6G is the emerging motive of the billions of interconnected devices in terms of the Internet of Things (IoT). Traditionally, sensing and wireless communications have been performed individually using separated functional entities and frequency bands. For the sixth generation (6G) of mobile communications systems, the goal is to integrate sensing and communications together so that services can be provided based on both sensing and communications functionalities. This is further motivated by the intended usage of the higher frequency bands (beyond 70 GHz) for 6G, which aims to facilitate the provisioning of sensing functionality with high-resolution capabilities.
Integrating sensing and communication (ISAC) is envisioned as a key pillar for 6G systems and is attracting increasing interest in both academia and industry. This is thanks to the potential gains in which this integration is expected to offer better utilization of the spectrum and a reduction in the hardware cost and power consumption. Furthermore, if properly designed, the sensing and communication functions can benefit from each other. Achieving this vision of ISAC systems, however, requires overcoming several challenges. For example, this integration complicates the design of the communication/signal waveform, the allocation of the system and hardware resources, the management of the interference and resources, and the overall network operation. All of these motivate the research for novel approaches that overcome these challenges and enable the ISAC system gains in real-world deployments.
This Special Issue, therefore, aims to put together original research and review articles on recent advances, technologies, solutions, applications, and new challenges.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) in ISAC;
- Machine learning (ML)-based ISAC;
- Blockchain utilization in ISAC;
- Security and privacy issues for ISAC network;
- Cloud, fog, and edge computing-based ISAC;
- High-spectrum access (mm wave);
- Network architectures and platforms for designing ISAC;
- Wireless sensor networks (WSN);
- Integrating the Internet of Things (IoT) in ISAC;
- Massive-MIMO approach with ISAC;
- ISAC in Ad Hoc/Ultra-Dense Networks;
- D2D-based ISAC network.
Dr. Faizan Qamar
Dr. Quang Ngoc Nguyen
Dr. Rosilah Hassan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- B5G/6G
- integrating sensing and communication
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- cloud/fog/edge computing
- Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)
- massive-MIMO (m-MIMO)
- security and privacy issues
- Ultra-Dense Network
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