Joint RADAR and Communications for 6G Cooperative Networks
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2024) | Viewed by 3184
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Interests: cooperative communications; massive MIMO; millimeter wave communications; interference management; precoding and equalizer design
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Interests: cooperative communications; heterogeneous systems; interference cancelation; millimeter wave communications; MIMO communication; physical layer security
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
RADAR and wireless communication are the most common radio functionalities used by both civilian and military applications. Traditionally, these systems have been designed and developed in isolation from each other. However, the independent design of these systems wastes valuable spectral resources. Therefore, the spectrum shortages, combined with the emergence of novel applications requiring both functionalities, has inspired the research of joint radar and communication (RADCOM) systems in the same platform. This need will increase with 6G, which aims for supporting the convergence of the digital, physical, and personal domains. This requires expanding the functionalities of 5G to include the integration of radio sensing and communications in support of both hardware and spectrum-sharing. Furthermore, the merger of a sensing component into wireless communication networks has raised interest in recent years, and it may become a compelling design objective for 6G. However, the road leading to the joint sensing-communication network paradigm has significant challenges. Namely, the network synchronization, clutter suppression, hardware complexity, and waveform design still require significant research. Prospective authors are invited to submit original and unpublished work on the following research topics related to this Special Issue including but not limited to:
- Novel waveforms for joint RADAR and communications.
- Joint transmit and receive beamforming design for RADCOM.
- Network synchronization schemes.
- Hybrid analog-digital beamforming and sub-arrayed MIMO
- Millimeter wave joint radar and communications.
- Massive MIMO for RADCOM.
- Efficient clutter suppression techniques.
- Interference mitigation techniques.
- Physical layer security for joint radar and communications.
- RADCOM testbeds.
Prof. Dr. Adão Silva
Dr. Daniel Castanheira
Prof. Dr. Atílio Gameiro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- joint communication and sensing (JCAS)
- massive mimo
- mmWave
- physical layer security
- hybrid architectures
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