Theory that matters
Our research philosophy
Research Topics
Communication networks are always built to serve the people for their given needs. Currently, communication networks need to provide low latency, resilience, security and not just bare throughput. Our research philosophy can be described as “Theory that matters!”. Theoretical fundamental research results are tested using different approaches such as simulations, software in the loop, hardware in the loop, and testbeds. Importantly, implementations are not merely used to show feasibility, but rather to derive further relevant research questions by exposing theory to the real world. We apply this philosophy to the following research areas:
Computing In-network Computing
Currently we witness a paradigm shift from store and forward (dumb) communication networks to compute and…
Tactile Internet
The Tactile Internet enables humans to interact in quasi real-time with cyber-physical systems (CPS) in the real or virtual world over intelligent wide-area communication networks…
Quantum Communication
Simulating quantum-mechanical properties of quantum communication networks is not an easy task and every existing simulator is based on some initial assumptions to allow classical…
Post Shannon
Since current communication methods are getting closer and closer to the theoretical limit postulated by Claude Shannon 70 years ago…
Network Coding
For more than a decade we have been working on network coding, which is a versatile coding technique for upcoming dynamic transport and…
Cooperative Networks
Cooperation techniques are a powerful tool to boost the performance in communication networks such as relaying, wireless mesh, virtual…
Robotics
Cutting-edge robotics inspired by leading communication research: Join a dedicated team and create next-generation robotic technologies for…