Quantized Precoding and RIS-Assisted Modulation for Integrated Sensing and Communications Systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces a RIS-assisted integrated sensing and communication system with 1-bit quantization, enhancing symbol error performance while maintaining effective sensing capabilities.

Contribution

It proposes a novel RIS-assisted ISAC system with 1-bit quantization, including waveform design and phase shift modulation, improving communication error rates without sacrificing sensing quality.

Findings

Significantly improved symbol error probabilities compared to quantized MIMO systems

Maintains sensing performance comparable to unquantized systems

Demonstrates effectiveness through numerical simulations

Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system with 1-bit quantization at the ISAC base station. An RIS is introduced in the ISAC system to mitigate the effects of coarse quantization and to enable the co-existence between sensing and communication functionalities. Specifically, we design transmit precoder to obtain 1-bit sensing waveforms having a desired radiation pattern. The RIS phase shifts are then designed to modulate the 1-bit sensing waveform to transmit M-ary phase shift keying symbols to users. Through numerical simulations, we show that the proposed method offers significantly improved symbol error probabilities when compared to MIMO communication systems having quantized linear precoders, while still offering comparable sensing performance as that of unquantized sensing systems.