Methods and apparatuses for joint communication and sensing

A sensing management function comprising means for:

• receiving, from at least one base station positioned within a sensing area cell, measurement information on at least one of:
• a level of transmission power,
• a location of the at least one base station,
• an orientation of at least one base station relative to at least one further,
• an area covering by at least one of the at least one base station;
• comparing the measurement information received from the at least one base station with a predefined threshold value,
• determine, in dependence on the comparison result, if the at least one base station is a candidate as supporting base station for a serving base station serving a user equipment located within the sensing area cell,
• if the at least one base station is determined as candidate as supporting base station, transmitting information on the at least one base station which is determined as candidate as supporting base station to the serving base station serving the user equipment located within the sensing area cell.