Defense panel puts working ISAC ahead of 6G standards clock

At an ISAC panel, experts from the DoD, Lockheed Martin and ASU argued that drone detection needs working deployments rather than waiting for 3GPP standards. Key barriers are roughly 140 dB of self-interference cancellation and cross-range angle estimation in urban clutter.

• DoD wants ISAC to track RF-dark targets across wide areas for infrastructure protection
• Small drones have a radar cross-section near -10 dBsm and must be detected at about 5 km
• An ISAC tower must cancel roughly 140 dB of its own transmitted signal
• 3GPP standards should codify what already works in deployments