Joint Communication, Sensing, and Localization in Airborne Applications

Waveform Design and Multi-Mode Multi-Port Antennas

authored by: Nils L. Johannsen, Max Schurwanz, Lukas Grundmann, Jan Mietzner, Dirk Manteuffel, Peter A. Hoeher
Abstract: The anticipated trends in mobility, either autonomous driving or urban air mobility (UAM), require wireless services to achieve mandatory reliability and safety levels. The number of wireless systems already in-use, especially airborne, occupy regulated spectra. In order to mitigate the impact of a large number of systems mounted to airborne platforms, we propose to combine enabling techniques. These include the joint waveform design, multi-mode multi-port antennas (M³PAs), and appropriate beamforming techniques for joint communication, sensing and localization (JCSL). Our study finds that employing DFT-spread OFDM results in a more consistent radar performance compared to conventional OFDM, highlighting a novel application of this waveform design in JCSL systems. M³PAs are explored as a candidate system for performing JCSL using a single antenna radiator. It is shown how the orthogonality properties of M³PAs are beneficial for avoiding crosstalk in JCSL. We therefore review mature and actively employed techniques and discuss the applicability of M³PAs and novel waveform designs for JCSL. This study aims to conduct a thorough analysis of current systems in operation. Furthermore, design concepts that facilitate the implementation of the JCSL concept in UAM and airborne applications are introduced and discussed.
Organisation(s): Institute of Microwave and Wireless Systems
External Organisation(s): Kiel University
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Type: Article
Journal: IEEE ACCESS
Volume: 12
Pages: 168557-168567
No. of pages: 11
ISSN: 2169-3536
Publication date: 07.11.2024
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: General Computer Science, General Materials Science, General Engineering
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3493428 (Access: Open)
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BibTeX

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title = "Joint Communication, Sensing, and Localization in Airborne Applications: Waveform Design and Multi-Mode Multi-Port Antennas",
abstract = "The anticipated trends in mobility, either autonomous driving or urban air mobility (UAM), require wireless services to achieve mandatory reliability and safety levels. The number of wireless systems already in-use, especially airborne, occupy regulated spectra. In order to mitigate the impact of a large number of systems mounted to airborne platforms, we propose to combine enabling techniques. These include the joint waveform design, multi-mode multi-port antennas (M3PAs), and appropriate beamforming techniques for joint communication, sensing and localization (JCSL). Our study finds that employing DFT-spread OFDM results in a more consistent radar performance compared to conventional OFDM, highlighting a novel application of this waveform design in JCSL systems. M3PAs are explored as a candidate system for performing JCSL using a single antenna radiator. It is shown how the orthogonality properties of M3PAs are beneficial for avoiding crosstalk in JCSL. We therefore review mature and actively employed techniques and discuss the applicability of M3PAs and novel waveform designs for JCSL. This study aims to conduct a thorough analysis of current systems in operation. Furthermore, design concepts that facilitate the implementation of the JCSL concept in UAM and airborne applications are introduced and discussed.",
keywords = "Air safety, antenna arrays, antenna radiation patterns, autonomous aerial vehicles, direction-of-arrival estimation, joint communication, MIMO communication, multimode antennas, sensing and localization (JCSL), signal design",
author = "Johannsen, {Nils L.} and Max Schurwanz and Lukas Grundmann and Jan Mietzner and Dirk Manteuffel and Hoeher, {Peter A.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.",
year = "2024",
month = nov,
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doi = "10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3493428",
language = "English",
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