Numerical results confirm that the proposed hierarchical ISAC architecture simultaneously achieves higher sum throughput and superior sensing accuracy than conventional cell-free ISAC.
Abstract
This paper studies integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) over a hybrid system that seamlessly combines legacy cellular base stations with distributed cell-free (CF) access points (APs). We propose a hierarchical ISAC architecture where a central base station (CBS) serves its near users and simultaneously operates as a monostatic radar for aerial target detection, while distributed APs---many idle under user-centric clustering---act as cost-free bistatic receivers. The CBS jointly handles communication processing and multi-static sensing fusion, reducing fronthaul overhead compared to conventional cell-free ISAC. To achieve this, a five-phase time-division duplexing workflow with precise ISAC role assignment is specified. Closed-form expressions for spectral efficiency and multi-static sensing signal-to-noise ratio analytically characterize the communications--sensing Pareto frontier. Numerical results confirm that the proposed hierarchical design simultaneously achieves higher sum throughput and superior sensing accuracy than conventional cell-free ISAC.
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