Empowering 6G Ambient Intelligence with Terahertz Integrated Sensing and Communications

The emergence of 6G networks aims to enable a new era of ambient intelligence through seamless integration of intelligent devices and personalized, context-aware services. This article explores the potential of terahertz integrated sensing and communications (THz-ISAC) to facilitate networked sensin...

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Published in:IEEE wireless communications 2024-07, p.1-8
Main Authors: Zhang, Ronghui, He, Yuan, Yuan, Lufeng, Li, Ziyue, He, Chendi, Tan, Fangqing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
6G mobile communication
Ambient intelligence
Communication system security
Radar
Sensors
Terahertz communications
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:The emergence of 6G networks aims to enable a new era of ambient intelligence through seamless integration of intelligent devices and personalized, context-aware services. This article explores the potential of terahertz integrated sensing and communications (THz-ISAC) to facilitate networked sensing for ambient intelligence applications in 6G systems. We present the advantages of THz-ISAC and potential architectures with enabling use cases. Heterogeneous sensing coordination methods are discussed to effectively integrate distributed sensing capabilities. A hybrid data fusion architecture is proposed to efficiently converge heterogeneous data for distributed model fitting, overcoming limitations of existing methods. The insights provided offer valuable guidance for future research and development of ambient intelligence powered by integrated terahertz sensing and communications.
ISSN:1536-1284
1558-0687
DOI:10.1109/MWC.017.2300532