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Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
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To the Communication Networks Institute

Welcome to the

Communication Networks Institute

The Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Networks Institute (CNI) focuses on the re­search and development as well as the quantitative analysis of cutting-edge com­mu­ni­cation services, network architecture and their protocols. CNI has been led by Prof. Dr.-Ing Christian Wietfeld since 2005. With our numerous collaborative research projects, we contribute to the evolution of future wireless communication systems, in particular 5G+ and 6G networks, which are suited to fullfill challenging requirements in application fields like rescue robotics, automotive, smart grids, and the internet of things. 

The result of our research is documented in a wide range of publications, which have received a number of international awards. The impact of our research strongly builts on the integration of most recent machine learning techniques derived from our participation in the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 876 as well as on our excellent lab environment, which includes a mobile lab for experiments in the field, an outdoor testing site on the roof-top of a university building as well as access to unique test fields, such as the German Rescue Robotics Centre located nearby. 

We offer lectures on communication networks, mobile radio networks and the modelling and dimensioning of communication systems as well as entrepreneurial methods  in the field of Information & Communication Technology (ICT). The course catalog is supplemented with numerous practical labs.  We kindly invite interested students to to built up in-depth expertise mobile communication networks by joining our team as student assistant and by working on their final theses with us.

07/11/2024

Best Paper Award for AI-based design and optimization of CNI's passive reflector HELIOS

CNI presented papers at the IEEE LANMAN Symposium in Boston: both works combined AI-based algorithms with expert knowledge.

07/06/2024

Highlight of the year: 6G conference in Berlin

CNI presented recent results of the 6G research at 6G conference in Berlin with BMBF-Minister Stark-Watzinger and over 900 participants.

07/04/2024

Best Paper Award for 6G research with Ericsson and Fraunhofer IPT

Recent research on the IRS (Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces)-enabled mmWave systems in industrial environments presented at IEEE conference in Rome.

06/03/2024

Keynote, recent CNI work and demo presented at EuCNC & 6G Summit 2024

At this year's EuCNC & 6G Summit 2024, several current CNI activities were presented.

06/03/2024

CNI presents recent work on Aerial DRaGoN at IEEE ICC in Denver

In addition to the contribution on the ICC workshop on airspace communications, CNI supported the presentation of 6GEM at the joint 6G platform booth.

05/24/2024

NRW-Minister Mona Neubaur visits research project 5hine to discuss 5G networks for CSP plants

CNI presented an overview of the experimental and simulative research of the 5hine project to NRW Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate…

05/24/2024

Minister Mona Neubaur visits CNI presentation on NRW government conference on cellular networks

CNI team member Melina Geis presented Campus Network Planer to Minister Mona Neubaur and Prof. Christian Wietfeld gave a talk on 6G research.

05/21/2024

Recent 6G research results on evolved Open RAN platform presented at INFOCOM 2024

Our work "Data-Driven Proactive Uplink Slicing enabling Real-Time Control within an Open RAN Testbed" has been presented at one of the most…