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dc.contributorDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.advisorLiu, Liang (EEE)en_US
dc.creatorShi, Qin-
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/13823-
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherHong Kong Polytechnic Universityen_US
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_US
dc.titleNetworked sensing technique for 6G integrated sensing and communicationen_US
dcterms.abstractRecently, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been listed as one of the six key usage scenarios in the sixth-generation (6G) network by International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Specifically, base stations (BSs) in 6G network will emit orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals not only to convey information to communication users, but also to sense the environment with ultra-high range/angle resolutions. The key challenge of 6G ISAC lies in how to achieve high-resolution sensing in a communication network. In this thesis, we aim to leverage the technique of networked sensing to tackle the above challenge. Specifically, in practice, the BSs can fuse their observations to reap the joint estimation gain. We will propose various signal processing techniques to enable network sensing for 6G ISAC.en_US
dcterms.abstractThe first work considers an OFDM-based multi-cell localization system, where multiple BSs emit downlink OFDM signals simultaneously to localize the targets. A novel two-phase sensing framework is proposed, under which we design a model-free range estimation approach by leveraging the OFDM channel estimation technique for determining the delay values of all the two-way BS-target-BS paths in Phase I and localize each target based on its distances to various BSs in Phase II. Especially, we build new theory about data association in Phase II, which is a long-standing issue for multi-anchor multi-target localization.en_US
dcterms.abstractOur second work extends the networked sensing results from a pure line-of-sight (LOS) environment to a complicated multipath environment. We propose efficient methods that can mitigate the effect arising from non-line-of-sight (NLOS) paths on 6G multi-cell localization.en_US
dcterms.abstractIn our third work, we extend our study from localization to target three-dimension (3D) reconstruction. We consider a multi-view approach, under which a mobile transceiver equipped with multiple transmit and receive antennas moves to different known sites to image an extended target from different angles, and fuse all the single-view images into a multi-view image at last. It is shown that the multi-view technique can significantly improve the reconstruction quality.en_US
dcterms.abstractLast, we build a millimeter wave (mmWave) ISAC platform that works at 27-29 GHz. We implement our proposed methods on this platform and achieve very high localization accuracy.en_US
dcterms.abstractIn summary, in this thesis, we propose advanced signal processing technique to enable point target localization and extended target reconstruction via the networked sensing technique in 6G ISAC systems. Platform is also built to verify our results. These works can provide new insight into investigation of the 6G ISAC technique.en_US
dcterms.extentxiii, 114 pages : color illustrationsen_US
dcterms.isPartOfPolyU Electronic Thesesen_US
dcterms.issued2025en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelPh.D.en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelAll Doctorateen_US
dcterms.accessRightsopen accessen_US

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