AerospaceISAC Aviation Radar Sensing & Hypersonic Telemetry
AerospaceISAC formalizes integrated radar sensing and aeronautical communications, high-Doppler fractional chirp alignment, space debris detection, and all-weather airport runway imaging.
AerospaceISAC Airborne Radar & High-Speed Link Stack
ISAC Core: Aero-ISAC Core — Hypersonic Doppler & Phased Array Radar
6G ISAC Nodes & Beamforming Subsystems
- Aero-MIMO Conformal Array
- Mach 3+ Doppler Estimator
- Runway FOD Radar Imaging
- ICAO Annex 10 Interlock
- Space Debris LEO Gateway
Architectural Layers & Waveform Pipelines
- Layer 1: Dual-Functional Waveform & Baseband (OTFS / OFDM-Radar / Fractional Fourier Transform / Ambiguity Function): Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) modulation and fractional chirp synthesis achieving zero inter-carrier interference under severe Doppler spreads.
- Layer 2: Massive MIMO & Beamforming Frontends (140 GHz D-Band / True-Time-Delay (TTD) / Hybrid Analog-Digital Beamforming): Sub-THz active phased array architectures with true-time-delay beam-squint mitigation, simultaneous communication data beams and pencil radar tracking lobes.
- Layer 3: Radar Signal Processing & 4D Point Cloud (2D-FFT Range-Doppler / MUSIC AoA / CFAR Detection / Micro-Doppler Extraction): Sub-decimeter range and velocity resolution, constant false-alarm rate (CFAR) detection, and micro-Doppler biomechanical gait and drone propeller classification.
- Layer 4: Network Sensing Orchestration & 3GPP Rel-19 (3GPP Rel-19 ISAC Core / Sensing Function (SF) / Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)): Cell-free collaborative radar networks, dynamic time-frequency resource allocation balancing communication SLA against radar revisit time.
Sensing Telemetry & Benchmarks: <5 cm (Range Resolution) | 0.1 m/s (Velocity Precision) | <10 ms (Radar Frame Latency) | 3GPP Rel-19 (Global Standard)
Hypersonic Doppler Tracking & Airborne Radar in AerospaceISAC
Commercial and defense aviation operate at extreme velocities where conventional cellular waveforms experience catastrophic Doppler distortion. AerospaceISAC defines robust dual-functional waveforms that deliver gigabit passenger connectivity while tracking airspace obstacles in real time.
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Technical Publications