Experimentation platforms for ISAC in 5G and beyond
Kenan Turbic, Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin
11am 6th Nov 2025
Abstract
Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is emerging as one of the key features of 6G systems, unifying data transmission and environment perception within a common radio infrastructure. This convergence promises to enhance network intelligence, situational awareness, and resource efficiency across diverse applications, from automotive and industrial systems to healthcare. The talk explores an evolutionary approach to introducing sensing capabilities into existing 5G communication networks, highlighting how incremental integration of radar and sensing functions can pave the way toward full ISAC realization in next-generation wireless communication systems. Emphasis is placed on experimental ISAC research platforms developed at Fraunhofer HHI, for live demonstrations of infrastructure-based perception in practical scenarios.
Short Bio
Kenan Turbic received an MSc degree from the University of Sarajevo in 2011, and a PhD degree (Hons.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from IST, University of Lisbon, in 2019. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the INESC-ID research institute, Lisbon, Portugal, and the chief engineer at the chair for Distributed Signal Processing, ICE institute, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. He is currently the head of the Signal Processing and Sensing (SPS) group at Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin, Germany.
He is actively involved in several major research projects in Germany, including 6G-RIC, 6G-ICAS4Mobility and Shuttle2X, and has been actively participating in COST Actions CA15104 and CA20120. He assisted organization of several international conferences, most notably, EuCNC 2020 and BalkanCom 2022/23, and has served as a TCP member in a number of others.
His main research interests include integrated communication and sensing, statistical channel modeling and PHY-layer signal processing for wireless communications.