TY - JOUR
T1 - Convergent Communication, Sensing and Localization in 6G Systems: An Overview of Technologies, Opportunities and Challenges
AU - Lima, Carlos de
AU - Belot, Didier
AU - Berkvens, Rafael
AU - Bourdoux, Andre
AU - Dardari, Davide
AU - Guillaud, Maxime
AU - Isomursu, Minna
AU - Lohan, Elena-Simona
AU - Miao, Yang
AU - Barreto, Andre Noll
AU - Aziz, Muhammad Reza Kahar
AU - Saloranta, Jani
AU - Sanguanpuak, Tachporn
AU - Sarieddeen, Hadi
AU - Seco-Granados, Gonzalo
AU - Suutala, Jaakko
AU - Svensson, Tommy
AU - Valkama, Mikko
AU - Liempd, Barend van
AU - Wymeersch, Henk
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-02-02
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Herein, we focus on convergent 6G communication, localization and sensing systems by identifying key technology enablers, discussing their underlying challenges, implementation issues, and recommending potential solutions. Moreover, we discuss exciting new opportunities for integrated localization and sensing applications, which will disrupt traditional design principles and revolutionize the way we live, interact with our environment, and do business. Regarding potential enabling technologies, 6G will continue to develop towards even higher frequency ranges, wider bandwidths, and massive antenna arrays. In turn, this will enable sensing solutions with very fine range, Doppler, and angular resolutions, as well as localization to cm-level degree of accuracy. Besides, new materials, device types, and reconfigurable surfaces will allow network operators to reshape and control the electromagnetic response of the environment. At the same time, machine learning and artificial intelligence will leverage the unprecedented availability of data and computing resources to tackle the biggest and hardest problems in wireless communication systems. As a result, 6G will be truly intelligent wireless systems that will provide not only ubiquitous communication but also empower high accuracy localization and high-resolution sensing services. They will become the catalyst for this revolution by bringing about a unique new set of features and service capabilities, where localization and sensing will coexist with communication, continuously sharing the available resources in time, frequency, and space. This work concludes by highlighting foundational research challenges, as well as implications and opportunities related to privacy, security, and trust.
AB - Herein, we focus on convergent 6G communication, localization and sensing systems by identifying key technology enablers, discussing their underlying challenges, implementation issues, and recommending potential solutions. Moreover, we discuss exciting new opportunities for integrated localization and sensing applications, which will disrupt traditional design principles and revolutionize the way we live, interact with our environment, and do business. Regarding potential enabling technologies, 6G will continue to develop towards even higher frequency ranges, wider bandwidths, and massive antenna arrays. In turn, this will enable sensing solutions with very fine range, Doppler, and angular resolutions, as well as localization to cm-level degree of accuracy. Besides, new materials, device types, and reconfigurable surfaces will allow network operators to reshape and control the electromagnetic response of the environment. At the same time, machine learning and artificial intelligence will leverage the unprecedented availability of data and computing resources to tackle the biggest and hardest problems in wireless communication systems. As a result, 6G will be truly intelligent wireless systems that will provide not only ubiquitous communication but also empower high accuracy localization and high-resolution sensing services. They will become the catalyst for this revolution by bringing about a unique new set of features and service capabilities, where localization and sensing will coexist with communication, continuously sharing the available resources in time, frequency, and space. This work concludes by highlighting foundational research challenges, as well as implications and opportunities related to privacy, security, and trust.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/667165
UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9330512/
U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3053486
DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3053486
M3 - Article
SN - 2169-3536
SP - 1
EP - 1
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
ER -