This paper introduces the distributed and intelligent integrated sensing and communications (DISAC) concept, a transformative approach for 6G wireless networks that extends the emerging concept of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). DISAC addresses the limitations of the existing ISAC models and, to overcome them, it introduces two novel foundational functionalities for both sensing and communications: a distributed architecture and a semantic and goal-oriented framework. The distributed architecture enables large-scale and energy-efficient tracking of connected users and objects, leveraging the fusion of heterogeneous sensors. The semantic and goal-oriented intelligent and parsimonious framework, enables the transition from classical data fusion to the composition of semantically selected information, offering new paradigms for the optimization of resource utilization and exceptional multi-modal sensing performance across various use cases. This paper details DISAC's principles, architecture, and potential applications.

翻译：本文介绍了分布式智能集成感知与通信概念，这是一种面向6G无线网络的变革性方法，扩展了新兴的集成感知与通信概念。DISAC解决了现有ISAC模型的局限性，并为此引入了两项面向感知与通信的新型基础功能：分布式架构以及语义与目标导向框架。分布式架构通过融合异构传感器，实现了对连接用户和物体的大规模、高能效跟踪。语义与目标导向的智能精简框架实现了从经典数据融合到语义选择信息组合的转变，为多场景下的资源利用优化和卓越的多模态感知性能提供了新范式。本文详细阐述了DISAC的原理、架构及潜在应用。