Organizers
Qianli Wang
Chair
Associate Professor
Southwest Jiaotong University
Fan Liu
Co-Chair
Research Professor
Southeast University
Weijie Yuan
Co-Chair
Associate Professor
Southern University of Science and Technology
Qingpeng Liang
Co-Chair
Associate Professor
Southwest Jiaotong University
Linsong Du
Co-Chair
Associate Professor
Southwest Jiaotong University
Abstract
Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC)
Next-generation wireless communications are expected to provide location-based services (LBS) for surrounding users, rather than communication-only functionality. In this context, Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) has emerged as one of the central research thrusts for 6G.
Such an integrated approach derives two main advantages: (i) integration gains enabled by efficient resource reuse, such as shared antenna arrays and RF chains, joint utilization of time–frequency–spatial resources, and reduced duplicated deployment and energy consumption; and (ii) performance gains through mutual assistance, for example, leveraging communication channel state information to facilitate localization and tracking, or using sensing-derived geometric and blockage knowledge to enhance beam management, link adaptation, and interference coordination.
Benefiting from these advantages, ISAC is expected to support a broad range of emerging applications, including cooperative autonomous driving and V2X, industrial automation with closed-loop control, UAV and robotic swarms, indoor device-free perception, as well as large-scale environmental and infrastructure monitoring.
Topics
- Fundamental information theoretical limits for ISAC
- Network architectures, transmission protocols, and frame designs for ISAC
- Spectrum analysis and management of ISAC
- Full-duplex and interference management techniques for ISAC
- Precoding, waveform, modulation, and receiver design for ISAC
- Security and privacy issues for ISAC
- Machine learning and network intelligence for ISAC
- MIMO, Massive MIMO, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), and holographic MIMO surfaces for ISAC
- Millimeter-wave and THz technologies for ISAC
- ISAC for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
- ISAC for vehicular-to-everything (V2X) networks
- Standardization progress of ISAC
- Wi-Fi sensing, positioning, and detection for ISAC
- Experimental demonstrations and prototype implementations
Invited Speakers
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Associate Professor, Tuanwei Tian, Henan University
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Associate Professor, Xianxiang Yu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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Associate Professor, Junhui Qian, Chongqing University
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Associate Professor, Qing Xue, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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Associate Professor, Qingpeng Liang, Southwest Jiaotong University