Radar-Centric Photonic Terahertz Integrated Sensing and Communication System Based on LFM-PSK WaveformShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, ISSN 0018-9480, E-ISSN 1557-9670, Vol. 71, no 11, p. 5019-Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The radar-centric terahertz integrated sensing and communication (THz-ISAC) is identified as a significant application in future wireless access networks. Up to date, previously reported demonstrations regarding radar sensing performance lack sufficient support in a complex environment with a strong target masking effect. This work tacks this problem by proposing a radar-centric waveform combining linear frequency modulation (LFM) waveform and phase shift keying (PSK). We first derive sensing metrics of the LFM-PSK waveform through theoretical analysis, including range resolution, peak sidelobe ratio (PSLR), and Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB). Then a proof-of-concept experiment on a photonics-assisted integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system operating at 330 with 18 GHz bandwidth is conducted to verify the performance of the proposed LFM-PSK waveform. In the experiment, the proposed waveform can reach a PSLR of up to 20.9 dB and a range resolution of 1.3 cm, simultaneously accommodating a data transmission of 6 Gbit/s. In addition, the effect of embedding symbols on sensing metrics is also discussed, and by comparing the range solution and PSLR with various data rates, around $\sim$ 6 dB gain in the PSLR without any deterioration of range resolution is observed.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023. Vol. 71, no 11, p. 5019-
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Communication Systems
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-66269DOI: 10.1109/tmtt.2023.3267546Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85159692485OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-66269DiVA, id: diva2:1795097
2023-09-072023-09-072024-05-23Bibliographically approved