The ETSI ISAC ISG has elected Dr. Alain Mourad as Chair and appointed three Vice Chairs to lead the coordination of 6G pre-standard research on Integrated Sensing and Communications. This group aims to define advanced use cases and sensing types for 6G, targeting systematic outputs for future 3GPP releases and ITU-R IMT-2030 deliverables beyond the scope of Release 19. Key technical activities include developing advanced channel models validated by measurement campaigns, establishing KPIs, and addressing privacy, security, and sustainable development impacts. The initiative seeks to enable networks to function as radar sensors for applications like object detection, gesture recognition, and environment reconstruction.
Keywords: integrated sensing and communications, 6G standardization, channel models, privacy and security, sustainable development goals