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Incorporating prior information via the Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound (BCRB) in RIS-assisted integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems significantly reduces required sensing resources and improves the achievable communication sum-rate by approximately 2.8 bps/Hz over conventional deterministic CRB-based methods. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This work aims to improve direction-of-arrival estimation and communication in ISAC systems using prior information.

July 7, 2026Discover Artificial IntelligenceOpen Access

BCRB-constrained joint beamforming and reflection design for RIS-assisted ISAC systems with prior information

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XGXinran GuShanghai University

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Randomized trial explores joint beamforming and reflection for improved ISAC with BCRB implementation, highlighting efficiency gains.

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This work aims to improve direction-of-arrival estimation and communication in ISAC systems using prior information.
Derived the Bayesian Cramér–Rao bound for DoA estimation incorporating prior information.
Formulated a joint transmit beamforming and RIS reflection design problem to maximize communication sum-rate.
Developed an efficient alternating optimization framework integrating fractional programming, majorization-minimization, and ADMM.
The proposed algorithm achieved an average sum-rate gain of approximately 2.8 bps/Hz over conventional CRB methods.
Simulation results demonstrated improved convergence and effectiveness of the optimization approach.
Exploiting accurate prior information significantly reduced the required sensing resources.

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Xinran Gu (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4c9754331bc25c9e5f44bb https://doi.org/10.1007/s44163-026-01670-w

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