Projects
Current Projects
SPP 2526 Holistic Design of Molecular Communication Systems
HemoCom: Hemodynamics for Molecular Communication in the Flow of Life
molecular communication channel characterization in blood
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 09/2026-12/2029
xG-RIC - xG Research and Innovation Cluster
Technology transfer hub for medicine and mobility of the future
Funding: BMFTR
Project time: 01/2026-12/2029
Explainable and Trustworthy AI/ML for 6G and Beyond (Next-G)
Explainable AI (XAI) research for AI-native RANs
Funding: BMFTR
Project time: 01/2026-12/2027
AdaptiveComp - Adaptive Compute Availability at the Edge
adaptive solutions for compute availability at the edge
Funding: Nokia Bell Labs, USA
Project time: 12/2025-11/2026
SPP 2378 Resilient Worlds
RESERVE: Resilient Hybrid Time-sensitive Networks
integration of wired and wireless networking to enhance the resilience to changes, faults, and attacks while maintaining strict time-sensitive communication guarantees
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 09/2025-03/2029
Synchronizing in the Nanoscale (SmartSynch)
Research project to enable communication networks in molecular communication channels
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 07/2025-07/2028
Internet of Bio-Nano-Things (IoBNT)
molecular communication for the internet of bio-nano-things
Funding: BMFTR
Project time: 01/2024-12/2026
Behavioral Next Generation in Wireless Networks for Cyber Security (BEiNG-WISE)
combining human-being features with advanced technological characteristics to conceive non-conventional, responsible by design, cyber-security solutions
Funding: EU COST Action CA22104
Project time: 11/2023-09/2027
EdgeCar - Virtualized Edge Computing on Cars
task offloading and collaborative intelligence in virtualized vehicular micro clouds
Funding: Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA
Project time: 04/2023-12/2026
SPP 2378 Resilient Worlds
ResCTC: Resilience through Cross-Technology Communication
resilience in wireless communication networks using cross-technology communication
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 09/2022-12/2027
DFG SPP 2378 Resilient Worlds
Resilience in Connected Worlds – Mastering Failures, Overload, Attacks, and the Unexpected
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 09/2022-12/2025, 01/2026-12/2028
DyMoNet - Dynamic Mobile Networks
small cell base stations on cars, resource management in such dynamic environments
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 12/2021-12/2027
NaBoCom - Connecting in-body nano communication with body area networks
integration of in-body nano networks with body are networks
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 08/2020-09/2023, 10/2023-12/2025, 01/2026-12/2027
RADCOM-HETNET - Integration of Radar-based Communication in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks for Cooperatively Interacting Cars
combination of Radar-based mmWave communication with IEEE 802.11p for reliable platooning applications
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 10/2018-12/2020, 01/2023-07/2027
Machine Learning-based Wi-Fi Optimization (ML4WiFi)
wireless local area networks, optimization, resource management, machine learning
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 12/2021-05/2026, 07/2026-06/2029
Previous Projects
AvaRange - Particle Tracking in Snow Avalanches
sensor network-based particle tracking using inertial measurements combined with radio telemetry
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 06/2020-08/2026
CS/CM Channel Sounding and Channel Modeling for mmWave Channels
channel sounding for wideband channels using channel splicing and intelligent channel prediction for mmWave channels
Funding: Huawei Innovation Center
Project time: 09/2021-03/2026
DDC - Distributed Dynamic Continuum
optimizing the user to edge to cloud continuum
Funding: VMware, USA
Project time: 06/2021-12/2025
6G Platform Germany
Platform for future communication technologies and 6G
Funding: BMFTR
Project time: 10/2021-12/2025
6G-RIC - 6G Research and Innovation Cluster
Open and secure 6G technologies
Funding: BMFTR
Project time: 08/2021-12/2025
OWTSN: Open Wireless Time-Sensitive Networking for 5G-integrated Industrial Systems
Enabling IEEE 802.1 TSN protocols over wireless communication through Wi-Fi and 5G
Funding: EU/TARGET-X
Project time: 10/2024-08/2025
LINCNET - LiFi-enabled 5G for INdustrial and MediCal NETworks
integrating LiFi and 5G-based industrial and medical networks
Funding: BMWK
Project time: 01/2022-03/2025
RACCOON - Robust And seCure post quantum COmmunication fOr critical iNfrastructure
satellite-based exchange of crypto material for critical infrastructure
Funding: DLR
Project time: 10/2022-09/2024
SPP 1914 Cyber-Physical Networking
NICCI^2 - Network-Informed Control – Control-Informed network: towards multi techNology dynamICally ChangIng networks
networked control systems as a fundamental basis for cyber physical networks
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 01/2020-12/2023
Car2DC - Hierarchical Vehicular Cloud Computing
connecting clusters of cars to backend data centers
Funding: Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA
Project time: 04/2017-03/2023
V-Edge - Virtual Edge Computing
MEC using virtual edge servers composed of, e.g., clusters of cars
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 08/2020-12/2022
PANDA - Precise Attack Detection for Network Domains by Application Classification
next generation high speed monitoring concepts for large administrative domains with VLAN and VM support
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Project time: 12/2019-12/2022
OTB-5G+ - Open Testbed Berlin - 5G and Beyond
experimental validation of 5G wireless communication technologies and development of a testbed for new transmission concepts
Funding: BMBF
Project time: 09/2019-12/2022
MAMOKO - Macroscopic Molecular Communication
molecular communication principles for industrial applications
Funding: BMBF
Project time: 11/2018-10/2022
Hy-Nets4all - Simulation Platform for Optimized Electric Driving
holistic development and validation platform for optimizing electric driving in urban environments
Funding: EU/EFRE.NRW
Project time: 08/2019-07/2022
UniLocP - Unified Localization Platform
development of a unified architecture to provide location information to apps in indoor scenarios
Funding: BMWi/ZIM
Project time: 07/2020-06/2022
V-VLC - Visible Light based Vehicular Communication
comprehensive research on the utilization of visible light for communication between vehicles (V2V) and with infrastructure (V2I)
Funding: funded in part by E-Lab (HELLA Group)
Project time: 12/2016-02/2022
OS-NiSC - Using optical strobing for vision-based non-invasive vibrations sensing and communications in an integrated fashion
joint sensing and communications for automation and IoT applications
Funding: Technische Universität Berlin
Project time: 01/2021-06/2021
VisIoN - Visible light based Interoperability and Networking
research on Li-Fi (Light Fidelity), which is a Visible Light Communication (VLC) system running wireless communications that uses LEDs for data transmission
Funding: EU H2020 MSCA-ITN
Project time: 09/2017-09/2021
VCE - Virtual Cycling Environment
characterizing and modeling cyclists behavior for developing next generation safety assistance systems
Funding: internal CCS project
Project time: 10/2018-07/2021
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