Tampere University researchers featured in top 6G ISAC article – published in the Proceedings of the IEEE: 2025 Highlights and What’s Next”
The article focuses on the timely Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) paradigm, a technology that enables future 6G networks to simultaneously provide high-speed data connectivity, device localization and environmental sensing by sharing spectrum, hardware, and signal processing resources.
Tampere University researchers Dr. Ossi Kaltiokallio and Professor Mikko Valkama are co-authors of the noted review article “The Integrated Sensing and Communication Revolution for 6G: Vision, Techniques, and Applications” (DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2024.3397609), which was ranked second most visible in the 2025 highlights. The full list of authors includes Nuria González-Prelcic, Musa Furkan Keskin, Ossi Kaltiokallio, Mikko Valkama, Davide Dardari, Xiao Shen, Yuan Shen, Murat Bayraktar, and Henk Wymeersch. (View authors on IEEE Xplore)
Proceedings of the IEEE is one of the world’s most prestigious journals in electrical and electronics engineering. It publishes comprehensive, forward-looking review and tutorial articles that guide the development of entire research fields. Being featured in the annual highlights reflects the article’s strong international visibility and impact.
The article provides a thorough overview of ISAC technology, covering fundamental principles, signal processing challenges, system-level optimization and trade-offs, and key directions for future research. It positions ISAC as a core building block and genuinely new added-value assets for next-generation 6G networks.
The growing importance of ISAC reflects broader trends in wireless communications and networks research, where connectivity, localization, sensing, and intelligent signal processing algorithms are increasingly integrated. Tampere University’s research plays a significant role in advancing the science and technology in this international field.
Researcher Profiles
Professor Mikko Valkama is the Head of the Electrical Engineering Unit and the Director of the Tampere Wireless research center (Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University).
His research focuses on wireless communications, localization and sensing – all with signal processing emphasis – especially in 5G and 6G network contexts. Valkama’s work combines theoretical signal processing with practical applications, and has a strong impact on the international 5G and 6G research community.
Senior Research Fellow Ossi Kaltiokallio works within Tampere Wireless and Electrical Engineering Unit, and focuses on wireless sensing and localization, bridging signal processing research with practical wireless system applications, particularly for sensing-enabled 6G networks.
