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most citedNetwork-level ISAC: An Analytical Study of Antenna Topologies Ranging from Massive to Cell-Free MIMO

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37 papers

eess.SP2026

Physical-Layer Sensing Privacy via Constellation Shaping for OFDM-ISAC Systems: Theory, Design, and Experiments

Kawon Han, Kaitao Meng, Christos Masouros

The integration of sensing into communication networks introduces a new privacy risk, as a passive eavesdropper (Eve) may exploit ISAC data signals as signals of opportunity to per…

eess.SP2026

Full-Frame OFDM-ISAC: Joint Constellation, Pilot, and Receive-Filter Design

Dongil Yang, Kaitao Meng, Fan Liu +2

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) reuses the entire time-frequency frame, including pilots and data payloads, for radar…

eess.SP2026

OFDM-ISAC over Data Payloads: MSE Analysis, Constellation Design, and Experimentation

Kawon Han, Kaitao Meng, Alexandra Chatzicharistou +1

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a key waveform for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems due to its high spectral efficiency and inherent compati…

cs.IT2026

CSI Reconstruction in Fluid Antenna Systems Without Spatial Covariance Priors

Zhentian Zhang, Kaitao Meng, Tuo Wu +6

Fluid antenna systems (FASs) exploit many candidate ports for spatial diversity, but hardware constraints allow channel observations at only a few active ports. Whether full-port C…

eess.SP2026

Geometry-Aware Resource Allocation for Network-Level ISAC Systems

Xiao-Yang Wang, Luting Kong, Lei Cao +7

Network-level integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is recognized as a transformative technology for next-generation mobile radio systems. By enabling collaboration among mul…

eess.SP2026

AI Empowered Communication and Radar Modulation Recognition: A Survey

Wei Huang, Pengfei Zhang, Huai Qin +4

Automatic modulation recognition (AMR) is of vital importance for ensuring communication and radar reliability, efficient spectrum utilization and resistance to electronic interfer…

eess.SP2026

Constellation Selection and Power Allocation for Multi-Cell OFDM-ISAC: Managing Inter-Cell Interference and Sensing Sidelobes

Kaitao Meng, Kawon Han, Christos Masouros +1

Future integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks are expected to operate in dense multi-cell environments, where multiple base stations (BSs) share their time-frequency…

cs.IT2026

Finite-Blocklength ISAC Multiple Access: A Source-Channel Coding Perspective

Zhentian Zhang, Kaitao Meng, Hao Jiang +1

Future networks must serve massive populations of devices that sense and communicate simultaneously under short-packet constraints, yet the fundamental limits of integrated sensing…

cs.IT2026

Spatial Modulation for Tx-SIMO-FAS: Port Selection and Performance Analysis

Xusheng Zhu, Kai-Kit Wong, Hanjiang Hong +2

This paper considers a single-input multiple-output (SIMO) setup with a fluid antenna system (FAS) at the transmitter side and multiple fixed antennas at the receiver, which is ref…

eess.SP2026

Constellation-Independent Range Estimation in Payload-Based OFDM-ISAC

Dongil Yang, Kaitao Meng, Christos Masouros +1

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a key waveform for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) due to its spectral efficiency and compatibility with modern wir…

eess.SP2026

Geometry-Structured Channel Reconstruction for Conventional and Fluid Antenna Systems: Bayesian Inference and Fundamental Limits

Zhentian Zhang, Kai-Kit Wong, Kaitao Meng +5

Accurate channel state information (CSI) acquisition is critical for exploiting the spatial flexibility of fluid antenna systems (FASs). However, port selection and transmission op…

eess.SP2026

ISAC for AI: A Trade-off Framework Across Data Acquisition and Transfer in Federated Learning

Lai Jiang, Kaitao Meng, Murat Temiz +1

In this paper, we propose a resource allocation framework for federated learning (FL) in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, where we consider not only the reliabi…

eess.SP2026

Tri-Hybrid Beamforming Design for ISAC Systems with Reconfigurable Antennas

Jiangong Chen, Xia Lei, Yuchen Zhang +2

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems require efficient beamforming architectures to jointly support communication and sensing functionalities. To reduce hardware ove…

eess.SP2026

Constellation Selection and Power Control for OFDM-based ISAC: From Theory to Prototype

Kaitao Meng, Kawon Han, Christos Masouros +1

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) techniques can leverage existing, wide-coverage communication networks to perform sensing tasks, enabling large-scale and low-cost targe…

cs.IT2026

Fundamental Tradeoffs for ISAC Multiple Access in Finite-Blocklength Regime

Zhentian Zhang, Christos Masouros, Kai-Kit Wong +5

This paper investigates the fundamental communication--sensing tradeoffs of uplink dual-functional integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) multiple access under finite blocklen…

cs.LG2026

Hybrid Mamba-Attention Neural Architecture for Channel Estimation

Dianxin Luan, Chengsi Liang, Jie Huang +5

This paper proposes a hybrid Mamba-attention neural architecture to achieve improved channel estimation for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms, particularl…

cs.IT2025

On the Fundamental Scaling Laws of Fluid Antenna Systems

Xusheng Zhu, Farshad Rostami Ghadi, Tuo Wu +3

Fluid antenna systems (FAS) offer a promising paradigm for enhancing wireless communication by exploiting spatial diversity, yet a rigorous analytical framework for their error pro…

eess.SP2025

Sensing Security in Near-Field ISAC: Exploiting Scatterers for Eavesdropper Deception

Jiangong Chen, Xia Lei, Kaitao Meng +4

In this paper, we explore sensing security in near-field (NF) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) scenarios by exploiting known scatterers in the sensing scene. We propose…

eess.SP2025

Integrated Sensing and Communication with Tri-Hybrid Beamforming Across Electromagnetically Reconfigurable Antennas

Jiangong Chen, Xia Lei, Yuchen Zhang +2

Beamforming with a sufficient number of antennas is one of the most significant technologies for both Multi-user (MU) Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) communication and MIMO r…

eess.SP2025★ 11 cited

Sensing-Secure ISAC: Ambiguity Function Engineering for Impairing Unauthorized Sensing

Kawon Han, Kaitao Meng, Christos Masouros

The deployment of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) brings along unprecedented vulnerabilities to authorized sensing, necessitating the development of secure solutions. S…

eess.SP2025

Constellation Design in OFDM-ISAC over Data Payloads: From MSE Analysis to Experimentation

Kawon Han, Kaitao Meng, Alexandra Chatzicharistou +1

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is one of the most widely adopted waveforms for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, owing to its high spectral ef…

eess.SP2025

ISAC Network Planning: Sensing Coverage Analysis and 3-D BS Deployment Optimization

Kaitao Meng, Kawon Han, Christos Masouros +1

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks strive to deliver both high-precision target localization and high-throughput data services across the entire coverage area. In…

eess.SP2025

Network-Level ISAC Design: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Opportunities

Kawon Han, Kaitao Meng, Xiao-Yang Wang +1

The ultimate goal of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) deployment is to provide coordinated sensing and communication services at an unprecedented scale. This paper prese…

eess.SP2025

Over-the-Air Time-Frequency Synchronization in Distributed ISAC Systems

Kawon Han, Kaitao Meng, Christos Masouros

A distributed integrated sensing and communication (D-ISAC) system offers significant cooperative gains for both sensing and communication performance. These gains, however, can on…