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Technische Universität Dortmund
Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und
Informationstechnik
Lehrstuhl für
Kommunikationsnetze

Otto-Hahn-Str. 6
D-44227 Dortmund

Room C1-04-176

Personal Facts

Software

FALCON - Fast Analysis of LTE Control channels

FALCON is an open-source software collection for real-time analysis of radio resources in private or commercial LTE/LTE-A networks.

Visit the project page on GitHub

Publications

2020

• B. Sliwa, R. Falkenberg, C. Wietfeld, "Towards cooperative data rate prediction for future mobile and vehicular 6G networks", In 2nd 6G Wireless Summit (6G SUMMIT), Levi, Finland, March 2020. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf] [video]
• B. Sliwa, R. Falkenberg, C. Wietfeld, "Machine learning for resource-efficient data transfer in mobile crowdsensing", Chapter in Machine Learning for Future Wireless Communications (F. L. Luo, ed.), John Wiley & Sons Inc, February 2020. [bibtex]

2019

• R. Falkenberg, C. Wietfeld, "FALCON: An accurate real-time monitor for client-based mobile network data analytics", In 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, pp. 1–7, December 2019. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf] [video]
• B. Sliwa, R. Falkenberg, T. Liebig, N. Piatkowski, C. Wietfeld, "Boosting vehicle-to-cloud communication by machine learning-enabled context prediction", In IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, July 2019. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]

2018

• P. Jörke, R. Falkenberg, C. Wietfeld, "Power Consumption Analysis of NB-IoT and eMTC in Challenging Smart City Environments", In IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshops (GLOBECOM Workshops), Workshop on Green and Sustainable 5G Wireless Networks, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
• R. Falkenberg, B. Sliwa, N. Piatkowski, C. Wietfeld, "Machine Learning Based Uplink Transmission Power Prediction for LTE and Upcoming 5G Networks using Passive Downlink Indicators", In 2018 IEEE 88th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Chicago, USA, August 2018. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• B. Sliwa, T. Liebig, R. Falkenberg, J. Pillmann, C. Wietfeld, "Machine learning based context-predictive car-to-cloud communication using multi-layer connectivity maps for upcoming 5G networks", In 2018 IEEE 88th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Chicago, USA, August 2018. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• B. Sliwa, T. Liebig, R. Falkenberg, J. Pillmann, C. Wietfeld, "Resource-efficient Transmission of Vehicular Sensor Data Using Context-aware Communication", In 19th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), Aalborg, Denmark, June 2018. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• B. Sliwa, T. Liebig, R. Falkenberg, J. Pillmann, C. Wietfeld, "Efficient Machine-type Communication using Multi-metric Context-awareness for Cars used as Mobile Sensors in Upcoming 5G Networks", In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Porto, Portugal, June 2018. (Best Student Paper Award). [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• R. Falkenberg, J. Drenhaus, B. Sliwa, C. Wietfeld, "System-in-the-loop Design Space Exploration for Efficient Communication in Large-scale IoT-based Warehouse Systems", In 2018 Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), IEEE, Vancouver, Canada, April 2018. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• M. Masoudinejad, A. K. R. Venkatapathy, D. Tondorf, D. Heinrich, R. Falkenberg, M. Buschhoff, "Machine Learning Based Indoor Localisation Using Environmental Data in PhyNetLab Warehouse", In Smart SysTech 2018; European Conference on Smart Objects, Systems and Technologies, VDE, pp. 1–8, 2018. [bibtex]

2017

• R. Falkenberg, K. Heimann, C. Wietfeld, "Discover Your Competition in LTE: Client-Based Passive Data Rate Prediction by Machine Learning", In 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Singapore, pp. 1–7, December 2017. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• R. Falkenberg, M. Masoudinejad, M. Buschhoff, A. K. Ramachandran Venkatapathy, D. Friesel, M. ten Hompel, O. Spinczyk, C. Wietfeld, "PhyNetLab: An IoT-Based Warehouse Testbed", In 2017 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS), Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 1051–1055, September 2017. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• B. Sliwa, R. Falkenberg, C. Wietfeld, "A simple scheme for distributed passive load balancing in mobile ad-hoc networks", In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Sydney, June 2017. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• R. Falkenberg, B. Sliwa, C. Wietfeld, "Rushing Full Speed with LTE-Advanced is Economical - A Power Consumption Analysis", In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Sydney, Australia, June 2017. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]

2016

• R. Falkenberg, C. Ide, C. Wietfeld, "Client-Based Control Channel Analysis for Connectivity Estimation in LTE Networks", In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Montréal, Canada, September 2016. [bibtex] [arxiv] [pdf]
• C. Ide, R. Falkenberg, D. Kaulbars, C. Wietfeld, "Empirical Analysis of the Impact of LTE Downlink Channel Indicators on the Uplink Connectivity", In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Nanjing, China, May 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]

Own Theses

2014

• R. Falkenberg, "Entwurf eines energiegewahren Treibermodells für eingebettete Betriebssysteme", Masters Thesis, TU Dortmund, December 2014. (Supervisor: Olaf Spinczyk, Markus Buschhoff). (Ausgezeichnet mit dem Jahresbestenpreis 2015 der Freunde der TU Dortmund) [bibtex]

2011

• R. Falkenberg, "Energiebasierte Selbstlokalisierung mittels eines Ad-Hoc-Smartphone-Netzwerks", Bachelors Thesis, TU Dortmund, August 2011. (Supervisor: Gernot A. Fink, Marius Hennecke). [bibtex]

Supervised Theses

2018

• F. Girke, "Hardening of LTE for Missing Critical Systems: Vulnerabilities and Mitigations", Masters Thesis, TU Dortmund, 2018. Supervisor: Christian Wietfeld, Advisor: Robert Falkenberg, Fabian Kurtz. [bibtex]

2017

• J. Drenhaus, "Simulation und Implementierung energieeffizienter Funkkommunikation für selbstorganisierende Logistiklager", Masters Thesis, TU Dortmund, July 2017. Supervisor: Christian Wietfeld, Advisor: Robert Falkenberg. [bibtex]

2016

• K. Heimann, "Endgerätseitige Datenratenprognose durch Analyse von LTE Kontrollkanälen", Masters Thesis, TU Dortmund, December 2016. Supervisor: Christian Wietfeld, Advisor: Robert Falkenberg. [bibtex]