Research Projects

• 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
• 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
• simTD - Sichere intelligente Mobilität – Testfeld Deutschland
  With up to 400 vehicles and more than 100 ITS Roadside Stations installed by the Hessian traffic centre (VZH) and the Integrated Traffic Management Center Frankfurt (IGLZ), car-to-x communication will be tested under real conditions.
  
  Funding: Audi AG
  Project time: 4.3.2009 - 31.12.2010
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Aktiv CoCar - Cooperative Cars
  The objectives and ambitions of CoCar are put high and aim on making Germany the technology leader within the range of C2C and C2I applications based on cellular mobile UMTS communications.
  
  Funding: Vodafone Group R&D Germany
  Project time: 1.11.2006 - 30.4.2009
• 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