Digital and Hybrid Precoding and RF Chain Selection Designs for Energy Efficient Multi-User MIMO-OFDM ISAC Systems

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kang, Po-Chun, Lee, Ming-Chun, Chiu, Tzu-Chien, Kuo, Ting-Yao, Lee, Ta-Sung
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866917239458889728
author Kang, Po-Chun
Lee, Ming-Chun
Chiu, Tzu-Chien
Kuo, Ting-Yao
Lee, Ta-Sung
author_facet Kang, Po-Chun
Lee, Ming-Chun
Chiu, Tzu-Chien
Kuo, Ting-Yao
Lee, Ta-Sung
contents Using multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has attracted considerable attention in recent years. While most existing works focus on improving MIMO-OFDM ISAC performance, the impact of transmit power and radio-frequency (RF) circuit power consumption on energy efficiency (EE) remains relatively underexplored. To address this gap, this paper investigates joint precoding and RF chain selection for multi-user MIMO-OFDM ISAC systems, and develops energy-efficient designs for both fully digital and hybrid precoding architectures through the joint optimization of precoding and RF-chain activation. Specifically, we first formulate a novel EE maximization problem subject to sensing performance constraints. Then, efficient optimization algorithms are proposed for both architectures, together with analyses of their computational complexity and convergence behavior. Building on the proposed approaches, spectral efficiency-power consumption tradeoff designs are also provided. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared with existing schemes, the proposed approaches achieve significant improvements in the EE-sensing tradeoff for ISAC systems.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2602_01121
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Digital and Hybrid Precoding and RF Chain Selection Designs for Energy Efficient Multi-User MIMO-OFDM ISAC Systems
Kang, Po-Chun
Lee, Ming-Chun
Chiu, Tzu-Chien
Kuo, Ting-Yao
Lee, Ta-Sung
Signal Processing
Using multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has attracted considerable attention in recent years. While most existing works focus on improving MIMO-OFDM ISAC performance, the impact of transmit power and radio-frequency (RF) circuit power consumption on energy efficiency (EE) remains relatively underexplored. To address this gap, this paper investigates joint precoding and RF chain selection for multi-user MIMO-OFDM ISAC systems, and develops energy-efficient designs for both fully digital and hybrid precoding architectures through the joint optimization of precoding and RF-chain activation. Specifically, we first formulate a novel EE maximization problem subject to sensing performance constraints. Then, efficient optimization algorithms are proposed for both architectures, together with analyses of their computational complexity and convergence behavior. Building on the proposed approaches, spectral efficiency-power consumption tradeoff designs are also provided. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared with existing schemes, the proposed approaches achieve significant improvements in the EE-sensing tradeoff for ISAC systems.
title Digital and Hybrid Precoding and RF Chain Selection Designs for Energy Efficient Multi-User MIMO-OFDM ISAC Systems
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01121