ACTIVITIES
Scientific Community and Working Groups
The consortium is structured around three Working Groups and a Scientific Committee
The Unified Network for Integration of Sensing and Communications
ISAC + PoC
Accurate 3D positioning + Environmental Sensing
ISAC & Private Networks
The Scientific Committee (SC)
The role of the Scientific Committee is to provide a cross-cutting, holistic view of the consortium’s activities, to oversee and accompany the work, and to ensure the scientific and technological excellence of the project as well as the realization of the consortium’s vision.
The responsibilities of the Scientific Committee include:
Evaluation of scientific and technological content
The committee assesses the quality of the scientific research and technological content across all working groups in the consortium, including their alignment with the consortium’s objectives and their technological feasibility.
Oversight of scientific progress
The committee monitors progress against the consortium’s work plan, reviews whether objectives and milestones are being achieved, and ensures that activities are proceeding according to plan.
Provision of professional and technical recommendations
When scientific, technological, or coordination challenges arise, the committee may recommend adjustments to the work plan, reallocation of tasks, or changes in technological approaches
Maintaining a high scientific standard
The committee tracks market trends, international standards, and industrial innovations, ensuring that consortium activities remain aligned with state-of-the-art practices, and when appropriate, recommends the adoption of new technologies or innovative approaches.
Liaison with external stakeholders and academia
The Scientific Committee may include academic representatives or independent experts who provide a broad, independent perspective on the consortium’s activities and processes.
Monitoring and fostering collaboration
The committee guides and coordinates the working groups and research activities, internal and external collaborations, timelines, and meetings. It supports the onboarding of new consortium partners, evaluates the quality of collaboration between industry and research institutions, and promotes effective knowledge exchange among all involved parties.
All working group leaders and key contributors within the consortium (including researchers) will participate in the Scientific Committee.
WG-1: ISAC and PoC
This group focuses on the native research and development of sensing and communication functionalities within a unified architecture.
Key Activities & Technical Focus:
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Advanced Architecture Design:
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Developing a unified, collaborative architecture that natively integrates sensing and communication functionalities.
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Defining shared hardware and software resources to minimize hardware footprints in IISAC concepts (in collaboration with Group 3).
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Integrated Localization and Precision Tracking:
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Combining network-based localization with high-precision device tracking.
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Real-time synchronization with Digital Twins (DT) to enable predictive movement modeling and shadow-fading compensation (in collaboration with Group 2).
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Environmental Mapping and CSI Optimization:
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Generating high-resolution environmental maps using CSI (Channel State Information).
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Implementing CSI Prediction for mMIMO and Beamforming (BF) to reduce signaling overhead.
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Developing feedback loops between the Network and User Equipment (UE) to optimize CSI reports.
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Waveform Design and Interference Management:
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Researching Dual-functional Waveforms that satisfy both high-data-rate communication and high-resolution radar sensing requirements.
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Mitigating "Self-Interference" where the communication signal leaks into the sensing receiver.
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Energy Efficiency in Multi-Element Antennas (with Group 3):
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Reducing power consumption by decoupling energy use from traffic volume.
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Optimizing Power Amplifier (PA) efficiency for hybrid Beamforming systems.
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Developing RAN-level "Green" protocols to provide a clean spectral environment for low-power IoT devices.
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Deployment and Strategic Planning:
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Providing strategic recommendations for ISAC-enabled antenna deployment to maximize sensing coverage without compromising communication throughput.
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POC Execution and Validation:
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Mid-term POC: Demonstrating basic ISAC integration, focusing on CSI-based sensing and initial DT synchronization.
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Final-term POC: A full-scale demonstration of high-precision tracking and energy-efficient mMIMO operations in a complex, multi-user environment.
WG-2: Localization & Sensing
This group focuses on the native research and development of sensing and communication functionalities within a unified architecture.
Key Activities & Technical Focus:
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Advanced Positioning Technology
Developing advanced indoor and outdoor positioning technologies (primary collaboration between researchers and Cognata DT).
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Environmental Sensing Technologies
Developing active and passive sensing technologies (primary collaboration with researchers).
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Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
Integrating data from ISAC, GNSS, and localized sensors to provide seamless, high-accuracy positioning across diverse environments.
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Digital Twin Synchronization
Real-time alignment between physical sensor data and Digital Twin environments to enable predictive maintenance and movement modeling.
Topics for further discussion:
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Research Coordination
Coordination and synchronization between primary researchers and the integration of GNSS.
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Resource Management
Utilizing existing resources such as spectrum, BW, BW parts, and phase usage, including Carrier Aggregation.
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Interface Optimization
DT interfaces with/without station-based interfaces, incorporating 5G/6G integration.
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Privacy-Preserving Sensing
Strategies for environmental sensing that maintain user and data privacy while utilizing CSI and localized data.
WG-3: Smart Private Networks
This group will focus on layers above the physical layer, including the MAC scheduler and the RIC)
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Integration of RIC capabilities into ISAC, in collaboration with the ISAC Working Group.
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Latency reduction and enablement of URLLC services based on channel prediction within ISAC, in collaboration with the ISAC Working Group.
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Methods for cost reduction, deployment simplification, and operational efficiency, in collaboration with the ISAC Working Group.
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Dynamic allocation and steering of communication and sensing resources according to required data rates and capacity demands.
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Accurate environmental mapping of interference and channel conditions, and creation of a Digital Twin (DT) to proactively determine where additional network nodes should be deployed, how transmission and reception parameters should be configured, while simulating expected traffic types and performing environmental object mapping, in collaboration with the ISAC Working Group.
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Integration of private networks into a unified network framework, enabling seamless mobility between heterogeneous networks and allowing, at any given time, the use of the most suitable and available network for a specific area or vertical.
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Optimization of Network Slicing as independent virtual networks. Network slicing is a key concept in 5G and beyond. Precise positioning and detection capabilities can significantly improve slice management. For example, in areas with a high density of devices requiring massive machine-type communications (mMTC), the network can dynamically adjust its parameters to optimize for high bandwidth and low latency, in collaboration with the ISAC Working Group.