ISAC-Enabled Non-Terrestrial Networks for 6G: Design Principles, Standardization, Performance Tradeoffs, and Use Cases
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| author | Jamshed, Muhammad Ali Singh, Rohit Saad, Malik Muhammad Kaushik, Aryan Shin, Wonjae Dajer, Miguel Mourad, Alain |
| author_facet | Jamshed, Muhammad Ali Singh, Rohit Saad, Malik Muhammad Kaushik, Aryan Shin, Wonjae Dajer, Miguel Mourad, Alain |
| contents | Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) have emerged as a key enabler to fully realize the vision of integrated, intelligent, and ubiquitous connectivity in 6G systems. However, several operational challenges, including severe Doppler effects, interference, and latency, hinder the seamless integration of NTN and Terrestrial Networks (TN). In this context, Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), which unifies sensing and communication functionalities within a common framework, offers great potential to address these challenges while enabling new network capabilities. Due to its complementary functionalities, ISAC can play a pivotal role in enhancing NTN performance, although its practical adoption requires a fundamental rethinking of existing architectural and standardization frameworks. Motivated by this need, this article examines key aspects of ISAC-enabled NTN, including architectural design principles, application scenarios, standardization challenges, and key performance tradeoffs. Finally, a representative case study is presented to illustrate major technical challenges and highlight promising future research directions for ISAC-enabled NTN. |
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| spellingShingle | ISAC-Enabled Non-Terrestrial Networks for 6G: Design Principles, Standardization, Performance Tradeoffs, and Use Cases Jamshed, Muhammad Ali Singh, Rohit Saad, Malik Muhammad Kaushik, Aryan Shin, Wonjae Dajer, Miguel Mourad, Alain Information Theory Networking and Internet Architecture Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) have emerged as a key enabler to fully realize the vision of integrated, intelligent, and ubiquitous connectivity in 6G systems. However, several operational challenges, including severe Doppler effects, interference, and latency, hinder the seamless integration of NTN and Terrestrial Networks (TN). In this context, Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), which unifies sensing and communication functionalities within a common framework, offers great potential to address these challenges while enabling new network capabilities. Due to its complementary functionalities, ISAC can play a pivotal role in enhancing NTN performance, although its practical adoption requires a fundamental rethinking of existing architectural and standardization frameworks. Motivated by this need, this article examines key aspects of ISAC-enabled NTN, including architectural design principles, application scenarios, standardization challenges, and key performance tradeoffs. Finally, a representative case study is presented to illustrate major technical challenges and highlight promising future research directions for ISAC-enabled NTN. |
| title | ISAC-Enabled Non-Terrestrial Networks for 6G: Design Principles, Standardization, Performance Tradeoffs, and Use Cases |
| topic | Information Theory Networking and Internet Architecture |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11593 |