Probabilistic Constellation Shaping for OFDM ISAC Signals Under Temporal-Frequency Filtering

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Main Authors: Du, Zhen, Xu, Jingjing, Xiong, Yifeng, Wang, Jie, Keskin, Musa Furkan, Wymeersch, Henk, Liu, Fan, Jin, Shi
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author Du, Zhen
Xu, Jingjing
Xiong, Yifeng
Wang, Jie
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Wymeersch, Henk
Liu, Fan
Jin, Shi
author_facet Du, Zhen
Xu, Jingjing
Xiong, Yifeng
Wang, Jie
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Wymeersch, Henk
Liu, Fan
Jin, Shi
contents Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is considered an innovative technology in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, where utilizing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication signals for sensing provides a cost-effective solution for implementing ISAC. However, the sensing performance of matched and mismatched filtering schemes can be significantly deteriorated due to the signaling randomness induced by finite-alphabet modulations with nonconstant modulus, such as quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) constellations. Therefore, improving sensing performance without significantly compromising communication capability (i.e., maintaining randomness), remains a challenging task. To that end, we propose a unified probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS) framework that is compatible with both matched and mismatched filtering schemes, by maximizing the communication rate while imposing constraints on mean square error (MSE) of sensing channel state information (CSI), power, and probability distribution. Specifically, the MSE of sensing CSI is leveraged to optimize sensing capability, which is illustrated to be a more comprehensive metric compared to the output SNR after filtering (SNRout) and integrated sidelobes ratio (ISLR). Additionally, the internal relationships among these three sensing metrics are explicitly analyzed. Finally, both simulations and field measurements validate the efficiency of proposed PCS approach in achieving a flexible S&C trade-off, as well as its credibility in enhancing 6G wireless transmission in real-world scenarios.
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spellingShingle Probabilistic Constellation Shaping for OFDM ISAC Signals Under Temporal-Frequency Filtering
Du, Zhen
Xu, Jingjing
Xiong, Yifeng
Wang, Jie
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Wymeersch, Henk
Liu, Fan
Jin, Shi
Signal Processing
Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is considered an innovative technology in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, where utilizing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication signals for sensing provides a cost-effective solution for implementing ISAC. However, the sensing performance of matched and mismatched filtering schemes can be significantly deteriorated due to the signaling randomness induced by finite-alphabet modulations with nonconstant modulus, such as quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) constellations. Therefore, improving sensing performance without significantly compromising communication capability (i.e., maintaining randomness), remains a challenging task. To that end, we propose a unified probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS) framework that is compatible with both matched and mismatched filtering schemes, by maximizing the communication rate while imposing constraints on mean square error (MSE) of sensing channel state information (CSI), power, and probability distribution. Specifically, the MSE of sensing CSI is leveraged to optimize sensing capability, which is illustrated to be a more comprehensive metric compared to the output SNR after filtering (SNRout) and integrated sidelobes ratio (ISLR). Additionally, the internal relationships among these three sensing metrics are explicitly analyzed. Finally, both simulations and field measurements validate the efficiency of proposed PCS approach in achieving a flexible S&C trade-off, as well as its credibility in enhancing 6G wireless transmission in real-world scenarios.
title Probabilistic Constellation Shaping for OFDM ISAC Signals Under Temporal-Frequency Filtering
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12204