Toward Intelligent Roads: Uniting Sensing and Communication in Mobile Networks
As 6G development progresses, joint sensing and communication (JSC) is emerging as a transformative technology, promising enhanced spectrum and energy efficiency alongside innovative services. This paper delves into underexplored facets of JSC, particularly its role in vehicular technology and trans...
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| author | Elisabetta Matricardi Elia Favarelli Lorenzo Pucci Wen Xu Enrico Paolini Andrea Giorgetti |
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| description | As 6G development progresses, joint sensing and communication (JSC) is emerging as a transformative technology, promising enhanced spectrum and energy efficiency alongside innovative services. This paper delves into underexplored facets of JSC, particularly its role in vehicular technology and transportation systems. It discusses data fusion techniques that enable cooperative sensing in networked environments and underscores the critical role of resource management in balancing sensing and communication. It suggests modeling extended targets, such as vehicles, within a computationally feasible framework. Moreover, it proposes a novel integration of AI-based target recognition, allowing target-specific tracking parameters and target-based sensing resource allocation. Importantly, a case study is presented to underscore the real-world applicability of these concepts in vehicular scenarios, demonstrating how networked devices can achieve high sensing and communication performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b1bbf0f14fa64d03b5a6a1069162085d2025-08-20T02:12:33ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-01-0125377810.3390/s25030778Toward Intelligent Roads: Uniting Sensing and Communication in Mobile NetworksElisabetta Matricardi0Elia Favarelli1Lorenzo Pucci2Wen Xu3Enrico Paolini4Andrea Giorgetti5Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi” (DEI), University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi” (DEI), University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi” (DEI), University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyMunich Research Center, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, 80992 Munich, GermanyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi” (DEI), University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi” (DEI), University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyAs 6G development progresses, joint sensing and communication (JSC) is emerging as a transformative technology, promising enhanced spectrum and energy efficiency alongside innovative services. This paper delves into underexplored facets of JSC, particularly its role in vehicular technology and transportation systems. It discusses data fusion techniques that enable cooperative sensing in networked environments and underscores the critical role of resource management in balancing sensing and communication. It suggests modeling extended targets, such as vehicles, within a computationally feasible framework. Moreover, it proposes a novel integration of AI-based target recognition, allowing target-specific tracking parameters and target-based sensing resource allocation. Importantly, a case study is presented to underscore the real-world applicability of these concepts in vehicular scenarios, demonstrating how networked devices can achieve high sensing and communication performance.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/3/7786Gcooperative sensingjoint sensing and communicationmobile radio networksresource allocationpositioning and tracking |
| spellingShingle | Elisabetta Matricardi Elia Favarelli Lorenzo Pucci Wen Xu Enrico Paolini Andrea Giorgetti Toward Intelligent Roads: Uniting Sensing and Communication in Mobile Networks Sensors 6G cooperative sensing joint sensing and communication mobile radio networks resource allocation positioning and tracking |
| title | Toward Intelligent Roads: Uniting Sensing and Communication in Mobile Networks |
| title_full | Toward Intelligent Roads: Uniting Sensing and Communication in Mobile Networks |
| title_fullStr | Toward Intelligent Roads: Uniting Sensing and Communication in Mobile Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward Intelligent Roads: Uniting Sensing and Communication in Mobile Networks |
| title_short | Toward Intelligent Roads: Uniting Sensing and Communication in Mobile Networks |
| title_sort | toward intelligent roads uniting sensing and communication in mobile networks |
| topic | 6G cooperative sensing joint sensing and communication mobile radio networks resource allocation positioning and tracking |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/3/778 |
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