Integrating Sensing and Communications for Future Interactive, Immersive, and Intelligent Connectivity

Droulias, Sotiris; Stratidakis, Giorgos; Nasser, Youssef; Labidi, Wael; Shokair, Ahmad; Lerosey, Geoffroy; Di Renzo, Marco; Blaga, Andra; CAMPOLO, FEDERICO; Delgado Pinillos, Carmen; Lemic, Filip; Costa-Pérez, Xavier; Devoti, Francesco; Sciancalepore, Vincenzo; Lutu, Andra; Almasan, Paul; Guillaud, Maxime; Rajamäki, Robin; Koivunen, Visa; Tapio, Visa; Juntti, Markku; Schütze, Simon; Elschner, Robert; George, Sandra; Sen, Padmanava; Alexiou, Angeliki

doi:10.1109/MCOM.001.2500440

Published May 10, 2026 | Version v1

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Integrating Sensing and Communications for Future Interactive, Immersive, and Intelligent Connectivity

1. University of Piraeus
2. Greenerwave
3. Greenerwave (France)
4. CS-UPS
5. i2CAT
6. Pompeu Fabra University
7. NEC (Germany)
8. NEC
9. Telefonica Research
10. Inria Lyon Centre
11. Aalto University
12. University of Oulu
13. Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute
14. Barkhausen Institute

Future wireless connectivity is envisioned to accommodate functionalities far beyond broadband data transmission, taking into account environmental parameters and usage scenario characteristics. In this landscape, the concept of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) introduces a new \textit{beyond communications} paradigm shift, where communication nodes can be employed to sense the shape of surrounding obstacles, map the environment, detect the presence of objects, focus power, localize users and track mobility. In this article, the roadmap for interactive, immersive and intelligent connectivity is presented with respect to different usage scenarios, involving mobility and environmental awareness. It is analyzed how the ISAC opportunity can be transformed into a powerful 6G enabler for an intelligent beyond-communications network capable of sensing the world. In this context, ISAC is envisioned to emerge from the synthesis of three visionary pillars: sense-to-communicate, communicate-to-sense, and multifunctional ISAC connectivity.

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