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Monostatic ISAC

Co-located Radar Sensing and Telecom

An ISAC architecture where the base station analyzes reflections of its own transmitted signal to detect and track environmental targets.

Technical Explanation

In Monostatic ISAC, a 6G base station functions as a classic monostatic radar: it transmits communication signals to users and simultaneously receives the reflected echoes off vehicles, buildings, and pedestrians using co-located receiver antennas. By employing high-speed self-interference cancellation and matched filtering, the base station computes instantaneous distance, radial velocity (via Doppler), and 3D position of all objects in its coverage sector.

Key Functions

  • Co-located transmitter and receiver antennas executing localized radar tracking
  • Direct range and Doppler velocity measurement without requiring external sensor sync
  • Single-site deployment model compatible with standard cellular tower installations
  • Autonomous detection of moving vehicles, low-flying drones, and pedestrians
  • Immediate feedback loop alerting connected vehicles to cross-traffic obstacles
Specifications
3GPP Rel-19 TR 22.837, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Interfaces
Mono-Sensing-Core6G-Uu-Radar

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