University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute for Digital Communications

Institute for Digital Communications

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober

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Faculty and Staff

ProfessorsDr.-Ing. Robert Schober (Head)Dr.-Ing Wolfgang GerstackerDr.-Ing. Wolfgang KochDr.-Ing. Ralf Müller

Postdoctoral FellowsDr. Wing Kwan NgDr. Yongpeng WuDr. Diomidis MichalopoulosDr. Jiayi Zhang

PhD StudentsDipl.-Ing. Uyen Ly DangVahid Jamali, M.Sc.Prasanth Karunakaran, M.Sc.Dipl.-Ing. Steven KisseleffRania Morsi, M.Sc.

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Faculty and Staff

PhD Students (continued)Lin Xiang, M.Sc.Shahram Zarei, M.Sc.Arman Ahmadzadeh, M.Sc.Anna Moldovan, M.Sc.Ali Bereyhi, M.Sc.Renato Simoni, M.Sc. (visiting)Nikola Zlatanov, M.Sc. (visiting)Mohammad Ali Sedaghat, M.Sc. (visiting)

SecretaryGabriele Melzer

IT SupportDipl.-Ing. Emin Ögrük

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Lectures

Prof. Robert Schober– Digital Communications (WS+SS, 3L+1T)– MIMO Communication Systems (SS, 3L+1T)

Prof. Wolfgang Gerstacker – Transmission and Detection for Advanced Mobile Communications (SS, 2L) – Equalization and Adaptive Systems for Digital Communications (WS, 2L)– Convex Optimization in Communications and Signal Processing (WS, 3L+1T)

Prof. Wolfgang Koch – Receiver Synchronisation (WS, 3L+1T)

Prof. Ralf Müller– Advanced Information Theory (SS, 2L)– Fundamentals of Mobile Communications (WS, 3L+1)

Dr. Wing Kwan Ng– Radio Resource Allocation in Advanced Cellular Networks (SS, 2L)

Labs and Seminars– Lab course in Mobile Communications (SS)– Student seminars on topics relevant for current research (WS)

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Research Topics

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Research Topics I

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Research Topics II

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Research Topics III

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Open Topics for Theses at IDC

• We have always topics available for Master‘s theses and projects.

• Our Master‘s students work on cutting-edge research problems.

• The goal is to publish results in international journals and/or present them at international conferences.

• For current topics, please consult our information boards and website and talk directly to IDC members.

• Prerequisites: – Interest in theoretical work that has practical applications and

implications. – Good background in communication, signal processing, and

information theory.

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Open Topics for Theses at IDC

• We have currently open topics in the following areas:

– Full-duplex relaying– Physical layer network coding– Massive MIMO– Resource allocation – Green communications– Smart grid communications– Energy harvesting– Cognitive radio with application to LTE-A– Underground communication– Molecular communication– Mobile communications– Statistical physics in communications– Terahertz communications