High-Resolution Uplink Sensing in Millimeter-Wave ISAC Systems

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Hauptverfasser: Zhao, Liangbin, Ni, Zhitong, Feng, Yimeng, Li, Jianguo, Bu, Xiangyuan, Zhang, J. Andrew
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author Zhao, Liangbin
Ni, Zhitong
Feng, Yimeng
Li, Jianguo
Bu, Xiangyuan
Zhang, J. Andrew
author_facet Zhao, Liangbin
Ni, Zhitong
Feng, Yimeng
Li, Jianguo
Bu, Xiangyuan
Zhang, J. Andrew
contents Perceptive mobile networks (PMNs), integrating ubiquitous sensing capabilities into mobile networks, represent an important application of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in 6G. In this paper, we propose a practical framework for uplink sensing of angle-of-arrival (AoA), Doppler, and delay in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems, which addresses challenges posed by clock asynchrony and hybrid arrays, while being compatible with existing communication protocols. We first introduce a beam scanning method and a corresponding AoA estimation algorithm, which utilizes frequency smoothing to effectively estimate AoAs for both static and dynamic paths. We then propose several methods for constructing a ``clean'' reference signal, which is subsequently used to cancel the effect caused by the clock asynchrony. We further develop a signal ratio-based joint AoA-Doppler-delay estimator and propose an AoA-based 2D-FFT-MUSIC (AB2FM) algorithm that applies 2D-FFT operations on the signal subspace, which accelerates the computation process with low complexity. Our proposed framework can estimate parameters in pairs, removing the complicated parameter association process. Simulation results validate the effectiveness of our proposed framework and demonstrate its robustness in both low and high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions.
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spellingShingle High-Resolution Uplink Sensing in Millimeter-Wave ISAC Systems
Zhao, Liangbin
Ni, Zhitong
Feng, Yimeng
Li, Jianguo
Bu, Xiangyuan
Zhang, J. Andrew
Signal Processing
Perceptive mobile networks (PMNs), integrating ubiquitous sensing capabilities into mobile networks, represent an important application of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in 6G. In this paper, we propose a practical framework for uplink sensing of angle-of-arrival (AoA), Doppler, and delay in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems, which addresses challenges posed by clock asynchrony and hybrid arrays, while being compatible with existing communication protocols. We first introduce a beam scanning method and a corresponding AoA estimation algorithm, which utilizes frequency smoothing to effectively estimate AoAs for both static and dynamic paths. We then propose several methods for constructing a ``clean'' reference signal, which is subsequently used to cancel the effect caused by the clock asynchrony. We further develop a signal ratio-based joint AoA-Doppler-delay estimator and propose an AoA-based 2D-FFT-MUSIC (AB2FM) algorithm that applies 2D-FFT operations on the signal subspace, which accelerates the computation process with low complexity. Our proposed framework can estimate parameters in pairs, removing the complicated parameter association process. Simulation results validate the effectiveness of our proposed framework and demonstrate its robustness in both low and high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions.
title High-Resolution Uplink Sensing in Millimeter-Wave ISAC Systems
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10107