6G Radio Requirements to Support Integrated Communication, Localization, and Sensing

TL;DR

This paper explores how 6G communication systems can meet diverse use cases like communication, localization, and sensing by translating key performance indicators into specific signal, hardware, and deployment requirements.

Contribution

It provides a framework to map 6G KPIs to system requirements, enabling the identification of versatile solutions supporting multiple use cases simultaneously.

Findings

Mapping KPIs to hardware and signal requirements.

Discussion of multiple solutions for supporting use cases.

Analysis of preferable configurations for 6G systems.

Abstract

6G will be characterized by extreme use cases, not only for communication, but also for localization, and sensing. The use cases can be directly mapped to requirements in terms of standard key performance indicators (KPIs), such as data rate, latency, or localization accuracy. The goal of this paper is to go one step further and map these standard KPIs to requirements on signals, on hardware architectures, and on deployments. Based on this, system solutions can be identified that can support several use cases simultaneously. Since there are several ways to meet the KPIs, there is no unique solution and preferable configurations will be discussed.