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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.

05/30/2023

CNI presents work on predictive slicing at IEEE flagship conference

CNI presents its openSAMUS implementation for AI-enabled predictive network slicing as paper and live demo at ICC 2023 in Rome.

05/12/2023

Keynote on future multi-dimensional wireless networking solutions

Prof. Christian Wietfeld provided the opening keynote of this year's 27th VDE Mobile Communication Conference at Osnabrück.

05/08/2023

CNI participates in RoboCup Rescue German Open 2023

The network degradation evaluation vSTING by CNI was integrated in maneuvering challenges of the RoboCup Rescue German Open hosted by the DRZ.

05/02/2023

6GEM and 5G.NRW activities presented in Japan

To strengthen global collaborations and promote joint research activities, a first research workshop on Beyond 5G/6G took place in Tokyo in April 2023

01/26/2023

Master student project group RESCUE (Robotic Exploration and Small Cell in Unidentified Environments) successfully completed

Within RESCUE, a group of ten students developed and built a modular sensor box as well as 5G small cell compatible with robotic platforms.

Project group photo with a SPOT and XTender platform
01/26/2023

Master student project group HEAT (HEAT: HIL-based End-to-End ReplicA of a 5G powered solar Thermal Power Plant) successfully completed

A team of students successfully completed the project group HEAT, in which a 5G-enabled, scaled model of a solar thermal power plant was realized.

Small-scaled build of a solar energy plant and a screen with the digital twin in the background
11/13/2022

NRW-Minister Mona Neubaur visits Dortmund to discuss sustainable 5G and 6G research

The highlight of the 5G.NRWeek 2022 was the conference on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at the Logistics Campus in Dortmund; co-sponsered by 6GEM.

11/04/2022

CNI participates to first responder exercise in Ahr valley

Rescue robots can support first responders by providing real-time situational insights in case of floodings and other large scale incidents.