Research Projects

Current Projects

• Smart Communications for Intelligent Transportation Systems
  smart communication primitives for ITS; channel modeling and protocol design for multi-service applications
  
  Funding: BIT PhD School
  Project time: 04/2012-03/2015
• monkit 2 - Distributed Monitoring and Attack Detection in 10 GBit/s Networks
  adaptive network monitoring in high-speed networks, coordination between monitoring probes and detection processes, event correlation for automated response
  
  Funding: BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik)
  Project time: since 12/2011
• SPECAN - Spectrum Analysis and Interferer Detection
  wireless spectrum scanning, dynamic interference analysis, interferer detection, and mitigation
  
  Funding: internal CCS project
  Project time: since 10/2011
• ML-IVC - Multi-Layer Inter-Vehicle Communication
  adaptive and self-organizing inter-vehicle communication based on short range radio broadcast; protocol design, simulation techniques, and experimental field tests
  
  Funding: internal CCS project
  Project time: since 09/2011
• Padiofire - Parallelized Application Detection in Overlay Networks for Firewalls
  monitoring, analysis, and firewalling Web 2.0 overlay network protocols; the key objective is to go beyond application layer firewalls to identify overlay services as used in the Web 2.0 context
  
  Funding: BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
  Project time: 07/2011-06/2013
• MultiPAN - Cooperative Access in Overlapping Wireless Networks
  cooperation and adaptive management of overlapping wireless networks, methods for interferer detection and adaptive reconfiguration
  
  Funding: Malaysian Government
  Project time: 10/2008-09/2012
• RDSP - Resource constrained Distributed Stream Processing
  investigation of an integrated approach for supporting in-network sensor data processing in highly dynamic and heterogeneous sensor networks
  
  Funding: preparational project for a DFG research group
  Project time: since 01/2008

Concluded Projects

• Support for inter-domain routing and data replication in virtual coordinate based networks
  The collaborative study aims to provide novel insights into the applicability of virtual coordinate based network protocols in the case of mobile multi-domain environments
  
  Funding: BaCaTec, collaboration with UCLA
  Project time: 01/2010-12/2011
• DSMS Study - Study on Real-time Stream Processing Engines
  concept study on the applicability of data stream management systems (DSMS) on real-time tracking in an airport scenario
  
  Funding: Siemens AG
  Project time: 07/2011-09/2011
• HISTORY - High Speed Network Monitoring and Analysis
  High-speed network monitoring based on netflow accounting and packet sampling including applications such as accounting, intrusion detection, and traceback
  
  Funding: collaboration with TU Munich; supported by EU (European Commision), BMBF, DFG travel grants, Audi AG, BSI
  Project time: 09/2003-04/2011
• Security and Quality of Service and Aspects in ZigBee-based Wireless Communication
  performance and security analysis of IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee based wireless networks
  
  Funding: Siemens AG A&D, DAAD STIBET
  Project time: 07/2006-09/2010
• monk-it - Efficient Distributed Monitoring, Attack Detection, and Event Correlation
  adaptive network monitoring in high-speed networks, coordination between monitoring probes and detection processes, event correlation for automated response
  
  Funding: BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik)
  Project time: 01/2007-09/2010
• ITS²SSU
  Information Dissemination with SSU and RSU Support for improved Tracc Performance and Safety in Urban Scenarios
  
  Funding: collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University
  Project time: 01/2010-06/2010
• Peer-to-Peer Techniques for Sensor Networks
  efficient data management in mobile sensor networks using peer-to-peer technologies
  
  Funding: DAAD grant "Peer-to-peer techniques for sensor networks" (331 4 04 001)
  Project time: 04/2006-12/2009
• Veins - Vehicles in Network Simulation
  Bidirectionally coupled discrete event based network simulation and road traffic microsimulation for analysis of inter-vehicular communication (IVC) protocols in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs)
  
  Funding: internal project; supported by BMBF project CoCar
  Project time: 06/2007-12/2009
• BioNeting - Bio-inspired Networking
  Adaptation of processes known from molecular and cell biology for research in communication networks
  
  Funding: internal project; supported by DAAD
  Project time: 05/2004-12/2008
• ROSES - Robot Assisted Sensor Networks
  Sensor assisted navigation and localization; energy efficient operation and communication; multi-hop communication in heterogeneous mobile networks
  
  Funding: internal project; supported by two DAAD grants, DFG travel grants, Siemens AG A&D, and Audi AG
  Project time: 10/2004-12/2008
• Secure SOTIS - Study on Security Concepts for Car-2-Car Applications
  development of a security concept for car-2-car applications focusing on SOTIS (self-organizing traffic information system)
  
  Funding: Audi AG
  Project time: 07/2006-01/2007
• Self-Organization of SN-MRS Systems
  bio-inspired task allocation for SN-MRS with particular attention to scalability, real-time constraints, reliability, and task-aware network self-organisation
  
  Funding: DAAD grant "Self-organization of SN-MRS systems" (331 4 03 003)
  Project time: 11/2005-04/2006
• Diadem Firewall
  High-Speed Firewalling and Intrusion Detection
  
  Funding: EU (European Commission)
  Project time: 01/2004-12/2006
• 3GET - 3G Evolving Technologies
  Charging and Accounting in 3G Networks
  
  Funding: BMBF
  Project time: 10/2003-12/2005
• Multimedia Conferencing
  IP Telephony and Multimedia Conferencing
  
  Funding: internal project
  Project time: 10/2003-12/2004
• MQM - Multicast Quality Monitor
  Framework for reliability and quality of service measurements in IP multicast networks; Prediction of the expected service quality of forthcoming multicast services
  
  Funding: internal project (Ph.D. thesis Falko Dressler)
  Project time: 01/2000-12/2003
• VoIP@WiN - Voice over IP in the German research network
  Test and deployment of voice over IP applications and quality of service demands in the German research network. A working group consisting of various universities, research instituts, and leading manufacturers was initiated in order to create a wide-spread test lab.
  
  Funding: internal project
  Project time: 01/2000-12/2003
• End-to-End Quality of Service Analysis
  Analysis of quality of service related questions on an end-to-end basis
  
  Funding: internal project
  Project time: 06/1995-12/2003
• IKON - Informatik Kolloquium Online
  Exchange of presentations and talks about specific problems in computer science between the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Technical University Munich using ATM based video transmissions
  
  Funding: BHN project
  Project time: 08/1998-12/2001
• TKBRZL - Telekonferenz der Bayerischen Rechenzentrumsleiter
  Video conference between the directors of the computing centers in Bavaria using IP multicast applications
  
  Fundinf: DFN/BMBF project
  Project time: 08/1998-12/2001
• Uni-TV
  Research project on how to record, transmit and publish lectures in studio quality over long distances
  
  Funding: DFN/BMBF project
  Project time: 08/1998-12/2000
• GTB - Gigabit TestBed Sued
  Establishing, testing, and managing an ATM based high speed network [3 x 2.5Gbit/s] between Erlangen, Munich, and Berlin
  
  Funding: DFN/BMBF project
  Project time: 08/1998-12/2000
• Moni-Box
  Logging and analyzing data in typical types of communication networks
  The monitored data can be used for statistical reasons as well as for detecting hacking attacks and intrusions. A special branch was developed for ATM based networks.
  
  Funding: internal project
  Project time: 05/1996-12/1998
• OS Development
  Bugfixing and developing 4.3BSD and 4.4BSD based systems (spezialized in FreeBSD)
  
  Funding: internal project
  Project time: 1992-1998
• X.25
  Implementation of a SNARE (SubNetwork Address Resolution Entity) for X.25 Networks; Implementation of delay measurement tools for X.25 networks
  
  Funding: internal project
  Project time: 1991-1994