Next G Alliance Advances Integrated Sensing and Communications for 6G
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2026 — This paper charts the path from ISAC research to real-world 6G deployment through advances in modeling, measurement and prototyping and represents the third phase of Next G Alliance work to advance these technologies.
ATIS’ Next G Alliance today announced the release of a white paper from its Technology Roadmap Working Group advancing development of Joint/Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), a foundational capability expected to enable 6G wireless networks to simultaneously support high-performance communications and sensing.
As wireless networks evolve, ISAC will enable radio access infrastructure to serve as a dual-purpose platform capable of supporting target detection and tracking, situational awareness and context-aware decision-making. This new white paper examines the technical developments needed to move these features beyond initial modeling assumptions and feasibility studies toward a robust, interoperable, and standardizable capability.
Titled Channel Measurements and Modeling for Joint/Integrated Communication and Sensing, as well as ISAC Proofs-of-Concept (Phase III), it represents the third phase of the Next G Alliance’s work to advance these technologies. A key focus is improving these channel models to better reflect real-world sensing environments. While 3GPP Release 19 established a foundation, its studies addressed a limited set of sensing scenarios and deployment assumptions. This Phase III work expands the scope to encompass a broader range of targets, propagation environments, sensing geometries, and deployment configurations.
“Integrated sensing and communications marks an important evolution in the capabilities envisioned for 6G,” said NGA Managing Director Jaydee Griffith. “By combining advances in channel modeling, measurement and practical implementation, our recent work helps the industry understand what is needed to evaluate and ultimately deploy ISAC at scale — another NGA advancement shaping the future of wireless communications.”
Also, see the NGA’s Phase I and Phase II ISAC white papers.
