Towards Integrated Sensing and Communications for 6G

Abstract

For the next generation of mobile communications systems, the integration of sensing and communications promises benefits in terms of spectrum utilization, cost, latency, area and weight. In this paper, we categorize and summarize the key features and technical considerations for different integration approaches and discuss related waveform design issues for a future sixth generation (6G) system. We provide results on new candidate waveforms for monostatic sensing and finally highlight important open issues and directions that deserve future in-depth research.

A Perspective on Passive Human Sensing with Bluetooth

“…The 6G communication networks also promise localization and human activity detection among their most relevant services [48]. The two main disadvantages of using LTE and 6G for remote human sensing are the long distance between the transmitter, the receiver and the human, which require complex filtering techniques to remove the noise and separate the signals [6], and the significant risk of privacy violation due to both the non-locality of the probing signal and the potential for receiving the sensing signal from a long distance, which would allow for mass monitoring.…”