Systems and methods for joint communication and sensing

Abstract

Joint communication and sensing by a joint communication and sensing system in a wireless network is disclosed. A transmitter is arranged to transmit a first beam in a direction selected from a plurality of directions stored in a memory, where each direction corresponds to a direction of a respective remote device. The first beam comprises communication symbols to be communicated to the remote device in the direction during a communication session with the remote device. A reflection of the transmitted first beam is received via a receive antenna during the communication session, where the reflected first beam comprises the communication symbols. A position of one or more objects is identified based on a timing of transmission and receipt of the communication symbols in the transmitted first beam and the reflected first beam respectively and the sense symbols in the transmitted second beam and the reflected second beam respectively.