Executive Summary

Imagine a future where our wireless devices do more than just talk to each other. They can also “see” and “feel” their surroundings, gathering valuable information about the environment. This is the promise of Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), and millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies are the key to unlocking its full potential. Leveraging the abundant bandwidth at mmWave band (30GHz ~ 300GHz), which are currently being explored for future generation of wireless communication systems (cellular and Wi-Fi), radar-like precise and multi-target detection can be implemented, with applications in drone detection, physiological monitoring, smart RAN etc. This VIP project, therefore, see to develop new techniques and technologies to make ISAC a reality at mmWave frequencies.

Logistics

CRN
Semester ENGR196 ENGR296 ENGR396 ECE496
Spring 2022 90034 90035 90036 85708
Fall 2022 80343 80344 80345 75344
Spring 2025 89726 86653 86654 88158
Personnel
Advisor Office Hours
Yao Zheng
Email yao.zheng@hawaii.edu with ‘’[VIP MONET]’’ in the subject line.
See here
Meeting:
Time Location
TBD HH488, Zoom
Workload
ENGR196 ENGR296 ENGR396 EE496¹ Deliverables²
$ \geq $ 3 H/W $ \geq $ 3 H/W $ \geq $ 6 H/W $ \geq $ 8 H/W
One per group
Indicate the authors of the appropriate sections.

Semester	ENGR196	ENGR296	ENGR396	ECE496
Spring 2022	90034	90035	90036	85708
Fall 2022	80343	80344	80345	75344
Spring 2025	89726	86653	86654	88158

Advisor	Office Hours
Yao Zheng Email yao.zheng@hawaii.edu with ‘’[VIP MONET]’’ in the subject line.	See here

Time	Location
TBD	HH488, Zoom

ENGR196	ENGR296	ENGR396	EE496¹	Deliverables²
$ \geq $ 3 H/W	$ \geq $ 3 H/W	$ \geq $ 6 H/W	$ \geq $ 8 H/W	One per group Indicate the authors of the appropriate sections.

Grading

General Breakdown

Category	Portion of Grade
1- Quality of project work Engagement, pursuit of knowledge necessary for project, contributions to technical progress of project, (396 and 496: contributions to management of project).	35%
2- Documentation and records Design notebook, wiki documentation, presentations, Reports.	35%
3- Teamwork and interaction Attendance to meetings, contributions to team, peer evaluations, team presentations and reports	30%

Breakdown by Deliverable

Deliverable	ENGR 196/296/396	EE496/499	Applicable Categories
Project proposal report	10%	10%	1,2,3
Preliminary design review presentation	15%	20%	1,2,3
Design notebook check	10%	5%	1,2
VIP poster session presentation	10%	15%	1,2,3
Final report draft (proofed by peers)	N/A	N/A	1,2,3
Final recorded video presentation	20%	25%	1,2,3
Final report	25%	15%	1,2,3
Design notebook final check	10%	10%	1,2

Cutoffs
A- B- C-
70% 50% 30%

A-	B-	C-
70%	50%	30%

Iterations

SEMESTER	TOPICS	DOCUMENTS
Spring, 2025	Setup an O-RAN based ISAC System at FR2 band	doc sp2025

This course adheres to UH Manoa W focus requirements and ECE Department requirements. So you are required to write 4,000 words or more throughout the semester, split between the proposal and the final report. ↩︎
Reports should be uploaded to the Google Drive before the deadline. Late reports are subject to a minimum 15% reduction in grade. Presentation files (PowerPoint or PDF) should be uploaded to the Google Drive before or immediately after your presentation. ↩︎