Some aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and devices that enable a framework for selection or configuration, or both, of a waveform for use in integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). Use of the framework provides a new waveform, based in part on various criteria, which provides a trade-off among different ISAC requirements. Therefore, when different criteria are important for a particular implementation, a waveform that best meets the requirement of those criteria may be used. The various criteria may include factors such as hardware constraints at the UE,
radio frequency (RF)
chirp generation or detections capability at the UE,
spectral emission or leakage such as OOBE, sensing performance, and sensing complexity. In some embodiments, a
cyclic prefix (CP) is provided to use the
chirp-based sensing waveforms as a demodulated reference
signal (DMRS). In some embodiments, the CP enables alignment with a communication
signal frame.