Phase-Coherent D-MIMO ISAC: Multi-Target Estimation and Spectral Efficiency Trade-Offs

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Main Authors: Tentu, Venkatesh, Wymeersch, Henk, Keskin, Musa Furkan, Dey, Sauradeep, Svensson, Tommy
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author Tentu, Venkatesh
Wymeersch, Henk
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Dey, Sauradeep
Svensson, Tommy
author_facet Tentu, Venkatesh
Wymeersch, Henk
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Dey, Sauradeep
Svensson, Tommy
contents We investigate distributed multiple-input multiple-output (D-MIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, in which multiple phase-synchronized access points (APs) jointly serve user equipments (UEs) while cooperatively detecting and estimating multiple static targets. To achieve high-accuracy multi-target estimation, we propose a two-stage sensing framework combining non-coherent and coherent maximum-likelihood (ML) estimation. In parallel, adaptive AP mode-selection strategies are introduced to balance communication and sensing performance: a communication-centric scheme that maximizes downlink spectral efficiency (SE) and a sensing-centric scheme that selects geometrically diverse receive APs to enhance sensing coverage. Simulation results confirm the SE-sensing trade-off, where appropriate power allocation between communication and sensing and larger array apertures alleviate performance degradation, achieving high SE with millimeter-level sensing precision. We further demonstrate that the proposed AP-selection strategy reveals an optimal number of receive APs that maximizes sensing coverage without significantly sacrificing SE.
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spellingShingle Phase-Coherent D-MIMO ISAC: Multi-Target Estimation and Spectral Efficiency Trade-Offs
Tentu, Venkatesh
Wymeersch, Henk
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Dey, Sauradeep
Svensson, Tommy
Signal Processing
We investigate distributed multiple-input multiple-output (D-MIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, in which multiple phase-synchronized access points (APs) jointly serve user equipments (UEs) while cooperatively detecting and estimating multiple static targets. To achieve high-accuracy multi-target estimation, we propose a two-stage sensing framework combining non-coherent and coherent maximum-likelihood (ML) estimation. In parallel, adaptive AP mode-selection strategies are introduced to balance communication and sensing performance: a communication-centric scheme that maximizes downlink spectral efficiency (SE) and a sensing-centric scheme that selects geometrically diverse receive APs to enhance sensing coverage. Simulation results confirm the SE-sensing trade-off, where appropriate power allocation between communication and sensing and larger array apertures alleviate performance degradation, achieving high SE with millimeter-level sensing precision. We further demonstrate that the proposed AP-selection strategy reveals an optimal number of receive APs that maximizes sensing coverage without significantly sacrificing SE.
title Phase-Coherent D-MIMO ISAC: Multi-Target Estimation and Spectral Efficiency Trade-Offs
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21953