Distributed Embedded Systems (CCS Labs)

Welcome to CCS Labs at Paderborn University. The acronym CCS stands for Computer and Communication Systems, indicating our main research interest. CCS Labs is coordinated by Falko Dressler and hosts the Chair for Distributed Embedded Systems as well as the Endowed Junior Professorship for Cooperative Mobile Systems. We are also member of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute.

Our research objectives include adaptive wireless networking (radio, visible light, molecular communications) and embedded system design (from microcontroller to Linux kernel) with applications in ad hoc and sensor networks, the Internet of Things, and cooperative autonomous driving systems. Our current projects focus on novel and innovative concepts for 5G/6G communication systems and digital smart cities of tomorrow, emphasizing on communication technologies and cooperative assistance systems. Read more on our research focus...

Relevant textbooks

• Christoph Sommer and Falko Dressler, Vehicular Networking, Cambridge University Press, 2014. [DOI, BibTeX, Details...]
• Falko Dressler, Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks, Chichester, United Kingdom, John Wiley & Sons, 2007. [DOI, BibTeX, Details...]

Selected Publications

• Muhammad Nabeel and Falko Dressler, "Turning Sensor Networks into Distributed Antenna Arrays for Improved Communication Performance," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 57 (9), pp. 100–105, September 2019. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Muhammad Sohaib Amjad and Falko Dressler, "Experimental Insights on Software-based Real-Time SI Cancellation for In-Band Full Duplex DF Relays," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2019), Shanghai, China, May 2019. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Muhammad Sohaib Amjad, Claas Tebruegge, Agon Memedi, Stephan Kruse, Christian Kress, Christoph Scheytt and Falko Dressler, "An IEEE 802.11 Compliant SDR-based System for Vehicular Visible Light Communications," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2019), Shanghai, China, May 2019. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Falko Dressler, Florian Klingler, Michele Segata and Renato Lo Cigno, "Cooperative Driving and the Tactile Internet," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 107 (2), pp. 436–446, February 2019. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Bastian Bloessl and Falko Dressler, "mSync: Physical Layer Frame Synchronization Without Preamble Symbols," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 17 (10), pp. 2321–2333, October 2018. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Florian Hagenauer, Christoph Sommer, Takamasa Higuchi, Onur Altintas and Falko Dressler, "Vehicular Micro Cloud in Action: On Gateway Selection and Gateway Handovers," Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 78, pp. 73–83, September 2018. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Bastian Bloessl, Michele Segata, Christoph Sommer and Falko Dressler, "Performance Assessment of IEEE 802.11p with an Open Source SDR-based Prototype," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 17 (5), pp. 1162–1175, May 2018. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Falko Dressler, Florian Klingler, Christoph Sommer and Reuven Cohen, "Not All VANET Broadcasts Are the Same: Context-Aware Class Based Broadcast," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), vol. 26 (1), pp. 17–30, February 2018. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Stefan Joerer, Bastian Bloessl, Michele Segata, Christoph Sommer, Renato Lo Cigno, Abbas Jamalipour and Falko Dressler, "Enabling Situation Awareness at Intersections for IVC Congestion Control Mechanisms," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15 (7), pp. 1674–1685, June 2016. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Falko Dressler, Simon Ripperger, Martin Hierold, Thorsten Nowak, Christopher Eibel, Björn Cassens, Frieder Mayer, Klaus Meyer-Wegener and Alexander Koelpin, "From Radio Telemetry to Ultra-Low-Power Sensor Networks: Tracking Bats in the Wild," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 54 (1), pp. 129–135, January 2016. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Michele Segata, Bastian Bloessl, Stefan Joerer, Christoph Sommer, Mario Gerla, Renato Lo Cigno and Falko Dressler, "Towards Communication Strategies for Platooning: Simulative and Experimental Evaluation," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 64 (12), pp. 5411–5423, December 2015. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
• Falko Dressler and Stefan Fischer, "Connecting In-Body Nano Communication with Body Area Networks: Challenges and Opportunities of the Internet of Nano Things," Elsevier Nano Communication Networks, vol. 6, pp. 29–38, June 2015. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]