20.08.2010 Best Paper Award für Andreas Lewandowski, Volker Köster und Christian Wietfeld

Auf der Third International Conference on Advances in Mesh Networks (MESH 2010) im Juli in Venedig stellten Andreas Lewandowski, Volker Köster und Christian Wietfeld einen Vergleich zwischen den beiden ad-hoc Routingprotokollen „Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector“(AODV) und „Optimized Link State Routing“ (OLSR) für den Einsatz auf stark ressourcenbeschränkten Sensorknoten auf Basis des IEEE802.15.4Standards vor.
Titel des Papers: "Performance Evaluation of AODV- and OLSR-meshed IP-enabled IEEE802.15.4"

20.07.2010 CNI auf der SmartGridComm 2010 in Gaithersburg, USA

Auf der First IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications in Gaitherburg, Maryland, USA ist das CNI durch die zwei folgenden Beträge vertreten:

Wietfeld, C., Müller, C., Schmutzler, J., Fries, S., Heidenreich, A. and Hof, H.-J., "ICT Reference Architecture Design based on Requirements for Future Energy Marketplaces ", accepted for presentation on IEEE SmartGridComm 2010, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, IEEE, Oct 2010.

Lichtensteiger, B., Bjelajac, B., Müller, C. and Wietfeld, C., "RF Mesh Systems for Smart Metering: System Architecture and Performance ", accepted for presentation on IEEE SmartGridComm 2010, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, IEEE, Oct 2010.

02.07.2010 CNI organizes Globecom Workshop "Wireless Networking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles"

The Communication Networks Institute of TU Dortmund jointly organizes with the Aerospace Controls Laboratory of MIT the first workshop on "Wireless Networking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" at Globecom 2010. The availability of low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), such as unmanned quadrocopters and blimps, opens up the prospects of an entirely new class of Low Altitude Wireless Network Platforms, which are hosted at altitudes of up to a few hundred meters. These aerial networks allow on one hand new sensor applications like 3D-air-quality-measurements and on the other new navigational strategies that are based on inter-robot communication like swarming. The corresponding wireless network needs to provide highly reliable and low delay control links and data links for administering and managing UAVs and user/sensor/mission data respectively. At the same time, UAVs offer the capability to provide ad-hoc wireless networks, for example to facilitate temporary hot spots in case of public events and emergencies. In addition, UAV-based networks may be flexibly deployed to compensate network outages.

The workshop aims to share and discuss most recent results of various international research initiatives in the area of communication systems for aerial wireless networks. The focus of the workshop will be solely based on projects and research aiming at civilian applications. 

Important Dates                                                                                           Workshop Homepage:
Acceptance Notification: August 13, 2010                                             http://www.wi-uav.org                  
Camera Ready Version and Registration: August 31, 2010  Program available:
Workshop Date: December 06, 2010     http://www.wi-uav.org/program.html