Intelligent and Converged Networks 2023, 4(3): 261-272 https://doi.org/10.23919/ICN.2023.0021

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Integrated sensing and communication based outdoor multi-target detection, tracking, and localization in practical 5G Networks

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Ruiqi Liu, Mengnan Jian, Dawei Chen(

), Xu Lin, Yichao Cheng, Wei Cheng, Shijun Chen

Wireless Research Institute, ZTE Corporation, Beijing 100029, China and also with the State Key Laboratory of Mobile Network and Mobile Multimedia Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

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prototype, 5G, detection, localization, trial, integrated sensing and communication, track

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Liu R, Jian M, Chen D, et al. Integrated sensing and communication based outdoor multi-target detection, tracking, and localization in practical 5G Networks. Intelligent and Converged Networks, 2023, 4(3): 261-272. https://doi.org/10.23919/ICN.2023.0021

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The 6th generation (6G) wireless networks will likely to support a variety of capabilities beyond communication, such as sensing and localization, through the use of communication networks empowered by advanced technologies. Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been recognized as a critical technology as well as a usage scenario for 6G, as widely agreed by leading global standardization bodies. ISAC utilizes communication infrastructure and devices to provide the capability of sensing the environment with high resolution, as well as tracking and localizing moving objects nearby. Meeting both the requirements for communication and sensing simultaneously, ISAC-based approaches celebrate the advantages of higher spectral and energy efficiency compared to two separate systems to serve two purposes, and potentially lower costs and easy deployment. A key step towards the standardization and commercialization of ISAC is to carry out comprehensive field trials in practical networks, such as the 5th generation (5G) networks, to demonstrate its true capacities in practical scenarios. In this paper, an ISAC-based outdoor multi-target detection, tracking and localization approach is proposed and validated in 5G networks. The proposed system comprises of 5G base stations (BSs) which serve nearby mobile users normally, while accomplishing the task of detecting, tracking, and localizing drones, vehicles, and pedestrians simultaneously. Comprehensive trial results demonstrate the relatively high accuracy of the proposed method in practical outdoor environment when tracking and localizing single targets and multiple targets.

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Integrated sensing and communication based outdoor multi-target detection, tracking, and localization in practical 5G Networks

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Ruiqi Liu, Mengnan Jian, Dawei Chen(

), Xu Lin, Yichao Cheng, Wei Cheng, Shijun Chen

Wireless Research Institute, ZTE Corporation, Beijing 100029, China and also with the State Key Laboratory of Mobile Network and Mobile Multimedia Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

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Keywords: prototype, 5G, detection, localization, trial, integrated sensing and communication, track

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Received: 22 June 2023

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