Ericsson ISAC System

Ericsson ISAC System extends 5G mobile infrastructure into a distributed sensing layer that detects and tracks low-altitude objects across wide areas. Built on Ericsson's multi-static sensing architecture, it enables scalable coverage, resilient detection and persistent tracking, strengthening situational awareness where it matters most.

Accessible and increasingly capable drones are creating new security challenges for defense organizations, public safety agencies, and critical infrastructure operators.

Protecting larger, more complex areas requires earlier situational awareness, broader visibility, and faster, more informed decisions.

Traditional sensing systems remain essential. Yet expanding their coverage across large areas can increase infrastructure requirements, operational complexity and cost. This can leave a gap between localized detection and wide-area awareness, with limited visibility beyond individual sensors and interruptions in tracking as objects move across the area of interest.

Ericsson ISAC System turns 5G mobile networks into a distributed sensing platform for detecting and tracking low-altitude activity across wide areas.

Unlike traditional radar with a co-located transmitter and receiver, Ericsson’s multi-static architecture distributes sensing across multiple network sites. Combining multiple viewpoints creates a broader, more persistent operational picture that can improve detection confidence, positioning, track continuity and coverage resilience.

Wider coverage. Better awareness. Faster decisions.

Expand awareness beyond the reach of individual sensors.

Maintain visibility as objects move across operational areas.

Reduce dependence on individual sensing points through a distributed architecture.

Build on 5G infrastructure designed for broad geographic coverage.

Combines observations from multiple locations to improve detection reliability and tracking continuity.

Infrastructure at scale

Builds sensing capabilities on 5G mobile infrastructure deployed across cities, regions and nations.

Uses a distributed architecture of cooperating nodes instead of relying on a single sensing point.

Coordinates sensing activities across multiple sites to establish a persistent sensing layer over a broader area.

Ericsson ISAC System combines sensing-capable radios, advanced processing and data fusion to transform signal reflections into actionable sensing information.

Captures and analyzes radio signal reflections to identify potential objects within the environment. Objects do not need to be connected to the network to be detected.

Combines detections from multiple sensing sites into confirmed tracks to support object classification.

Delivers sensing data through standardized interfaces for integration with command-and-control and sensor-fusion platforms.

Provides centralized configuration, orchestration and operational management across the sensing system via a common management and control platform.

Ericsson ISAC System complements radar, cameras, acoustic sensors, and other established sensing technologies with distributed, wide-area detection and tracking—extending individual sensors’ reach for a more complete sensing picture.

Ericsson ISAC System creates value wherever organizations need to detect and track low-altitude activity across large or complex environments.

Defense and national security agencies

Detect and track low-altitude activity across bases, borders and other sensitive areas.

Public safety and civil protection organizations

Support situational awareness at public venues, transportation hubs, and emergency response operations.

Critical infrastructure operators

Extend visibility around airports, ports, energy facilities, and strategic assets.

Communication service providers

Create new opportunities by extending the value of 5G infrastructure beyond connectivity.

Drone detection across wide areas

Low-altitude drone detection is the first focus area for Ericsson ISAC System. By leveraging distributed sensing across multiple network sites, the system provides wide-area detection and real-time tracking of drones and other moving objects, including those that are not connected or transmitting signals, complementing existing counter-UAS, security and sensing architectures.

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Explore highlights from our July 2026 ISAC demonstration with AT&T in Dallas, Texas. The video introduces Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), takes you inside the live setup, and showcases how sensing capabilities can extend the value of mobile networks beyond connectivity.

Ericsson, Erillisverkot demo 5G ISAC drone detection

Discover how Ericsson and Erillisverkot demonstrated 5G ISAC for real-time drone detection in Helsinki, Finland. The trial showed how mobile networks can detect, locate, and track drones, providing a scalable sensing layer for public safety and critical infrastructure protection.

Ericsson, Play and Asseco show drone detection in Poland

See how Ericsson, Play, and Asseco combine ISAC with acoustic sensing to enable multi-layer drone detection and tracking. Demonstrated for Polish authorities, the solution highlighted how complementary sensing technologies can strengthen critical infrastructure protection.

Built for today. Ready for 6G.

Ericsson ISAC System creates value today by building sensing capabilities on existing 5G infrastructure.

It also provides a foundation for the evolution towards integrated sensing and communication in future 6G networks.

Ericsson brings together radio technology, distributed network expertise, advanced signal processing and mission-critical communications.

This combination enables a scalable, resilient approach to wide-area sensing, built on infrastructure designed for large-scale operation.

Discover the market opportunity, technology, and use cases shaping the future of sensing-enabled networks.

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Discover how Ericsson ISAC System can help strengthen situational awareness across large areas with a scalable sensing layer built on mobile infrastructure.

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