Our research activities comprise a large field of topics, including all layers from the physical up to the application layer.
1. Localization
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Application focus: automotive (in car) applications
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Short-range communications (Bluetooth, UWB, NFC, acoustic)
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Security aspects, e.g. detection and avoidance of fraud
2. Channel Measurements and Channel Modelling
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Application focus: automotive (in car) applications
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Our recent specialty: security applications exploiting the aerial acoustic channel
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Spatially resolved modelling
3. Wireless Ad-hoc Networking
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Application focus: hierarchical networks
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Agent-based distributed MAC layer design for dynamic resource allocation
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Optimal channel deployment using artificial intelligence, e.g. self-organizing maps
4. Networking Information Theory: Communicating Thermodynamics
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Application focus: hierarchical networks with computational off-loading
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Optimization strategies for network entropy
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Distributed solutions
5. Polar Codes
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Application focus: 5G/6G
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Code design
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Decoding strategies
6. Audio Signal Processing
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Application focus: consumer electronics
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Novel versatile fundamental frequency detection
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Classification of voices