Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) refers to a unified paradigm in which wireless communication infrastructure — such as WiFi access points and stations — simultaneously performs environmental sensing tasks (e.g., human detection, localization, and activity recognition) alongside conventional data transmission, without requiring dedicated sensing hardware. This convergence matters because it enables the repurposing of ubiquitous communication signals and protocols, such as those standardized under IEEE 802.11bf, to support scalable, cost-effective sensing applications across diverse environments. Key variants include device-based ISAC, where sensing nodes actively coordinate signal exchange, and passive or near-field approaches like those explored in MUSE-Fi, which exploit subtle channel variations induced by nearby subjects to extend sensing capability to multi-person scenarios without additional infrastructure.
Source Papers
- A Survey on Green Wireless Sensing: Energy-Efficient Sensing via WiFi CSI and Lightweight Learning ↗ — A Survey on Green Wireless Sensing: Energy-Efficient Sensing
- An Overview on IEEE 802.11bf: WLAN Sensing ↗ — An Overview on IEEE 802.11bf: WLAN Sensing
- Deep Learning-Enhanced Human Sensing with Channel State Information: A Survey ↗ — Deep Learning-Enhanced Human Sensing with Channel State Info
- Enabling ISAC on Low-Cost Devices via Spatial-Channel Estimation With a Single-RF Chain ↗ — Enabling ISAC on Low-Cost Devices via Spatial-Channel Estima
- IEEE 802.11bf WLAN Sensing Procedure: Enabling the Widespread Adoption of WiFi Sensing ↗ — IEEE 802.11bf WLAN Sensing Procedure: Enabling the Widesprea
- MUSE-Fi: Contactless MUti-person SEnsing Exploiting Near-field Wi-Fi Channel Variation ↗ — MUSE-Fi: Contactless MUti-person SEnsing Exploiting Near-fie
- Occupancy Prediction in IoT-Enabled Smart Buildings: Technologies, Methods, and Future Directions ↗ — Occupancy Prediction in IoT-Enabled Smart Buildings: Technol
- Radio Radiance Field: The New Frontier of Spatial Wireless Channel Representation ↗ — Radio Radiance Field: The New Frontier of Spatial Wireless C
- WiSegRT: Dataset for Site-Specific Indoor Radio Propagation Modeling with 3D Segmentation and Differentiable Ray-Tracing: (Invited Paper) ↗ — WiSegRT: Dataset for Site-Specific Indoor Radio Propagation