Future sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to evolve from connectivity-oriented infrastructures to intelligent platforms capable of jointly supporting communication, sensing, positioning, and computing. Among the emerging application domains, the low-altitude economy has attracted significant attention due to its potential to transform transportation and service delivery. However, low-altitude environments (e.g., under 300 meters) are characterized by strong dynamics, complex propagation conditions, frequent blockage, and highly diverse service requirements, which cannot be efficiently supported by conventional communication-centric network architectures.

To address these challenges, Integrated Sensing and Communications for Low-Altitude Networks (ISAC-LAN) has recently emerged as a promising paradigm. By tightly integrating sensing and communication capabilities across distributed aerial and ground nodes, ISAC-LAN aims to enable environment-aware transmission, cooperative perception, adaptive resource management, and wide-area coordinated coverage. With advances in massive MIMO, distributed intelligence, and network-native sensing, ISAC-LAN is expected to become a key enabler of reliable, scalable, and secure low-altitude network infrastructures.

We invite researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to present the latest advances, challenges, and practical solutions related to ISAC-LAN. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Fundamental information-theoretic limits for ISAC-LAN
• Channel modeling, measurement, and propagation characterization for ISAC-LAN
• Waveform, coding, modulation, and beamforming design for ISAC-LAN
• MIMO, massive MIMO, and extremely large-scale MIMO for ISAC-LAN
• Near-field transmission and high-resolution sensing in ISAC-LAN
• Cooperative sensing and communication among unmanned aerial vehicles, ground stations, and infrastructure nodes
• Security, privacy, and trustworthy ISAC-LAN networks
• Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, holographic surfaces, and movable/fluid antennas for ISAC-LAN
• AI/ML-enabled ISAC-LAN
• Edge intelligence and computing for ISAC-LAN
• Digital twin and semantic communications for ISAC-LAN
• RF front-ends, hardware prototyping, and field trials of ISAC-LAN

We welcome contributions that address theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of ISAC-LAN. Papers should provide new insights, challenge existing paradigms, or present innovative frameworks and techniques for low-altitude networks. We are particularly interested in works that demonstrate how ISAC-LAN can improve reliability, efficiency, and security, and address key challenges in dynamic and complex aerial environments.

All manuscripts submitted to the special issue will be subjected to peer review. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their completed manuscript to https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/icnjournal with “Special Issue on Integrated Sensing and Communications for Low-Altitude Networks” as article type.

Important Date

Manuscript Due: December 31, 2026

Guest Editors

Prof. Jiayi Zhang

School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

E-mail: jiayizhang@bjtu.edu.cn

Prof. Qiang Sun

School of Information Science and Technology, Nantong University, China

E-mail: sunqiang@ntu.edu.cn

Prof. Changsheng You

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

E-mail: youcs@sustech.edu.cn