Dipl.- Ing. Stefan Böcker
October 2006 - January 2013
Diploma Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Dortmund University (TUDo)
September 2011 - January 2012
Internship at mimoOn GmbH in Duisburg, Germany
March 2012 - December 2012
Student Assistant at Communication Networks Institute, TUDo
January 2013 - September 2016
Research Assistant at Communication Networks Institute, TUDo
Since October 2016
Head of Research Groups "5G Networks", Communication Networks Institute, TUDo
- 5G networks with focus on massive Machine-Type-Communication (mMTC)
- Scalability in unlicensed frequency domains
- Smart City/Smart Grid, Electric Mobility & Industrial IoT environments
Publications
Machine Learning-aided Sensing in Private mmWave Networks for Industrial Application
M. Haferkamp, S. Häger, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 2024.
HERO: A Cross-Domain Human-Enhanced Robot Orchestration Framework for Seamless Multi-Robot Emergency Handling
J. Freytag et al.
In IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), New York, USA, Nov. 2024.
The Radio Degradation Challenge: Fostering a Joint System Design of Robotics and Communication for Better Application Robustness
M. Patchou, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), New York, USA, Nov. 2024.
Immersive Situational Awareness for Robotic Assistance of First Responders Enabled by Reliable 6G Multi-X Communications
M. Patchou, T. Gebauer, F. Schmickmann, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In International Conference on 6G Networking (6GNet), October 2024.
Distributed Performance Evaluation of 5G and Wi-Fi for Private Industrial Networks
C. Arendt, S. Fricke, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Int. Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), September 2024.
On Link-level Performance of Passive IRS-boosted Indoor mmWave Communications and Road Ahead
S. Häger, M. Danger, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), July 2024.
Automated Private 5G Network Planning for Professional Industries
M. Geis, C. Bektas, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), July 2024.
AI-driven Planning of Private Networks for Shared Operator Models
M. Geis, C. Bektas, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), July 2024.
Custom Design and Experimental Evaluation of Passive Reflectors for mmWave Private Networks
S. Häger, M. Danger, K. Heimann, Y. Gümüs, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), July 2024.
AI-based Anomaly Detection for Industrial 5G Networks by Distributed SDR Measurements
K. Šabanović, C. Arendt, S. Fricke, M. Geis, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE International Symposium on Measurements and Networking (M&N), July 2024.
Performance Evaluation of IRS-enhanced mmWave Connectivity for 6G Industrial Networks
M. Danger, C. Arendt, H. Schippers, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld et. al.
In IEEE International Symposium on Measurements and Networking (M&N), July 2024.
Empowering 6G Industrial Indoor Networks: Hands-On Evaluation of IRS-Enabled Multi-User mmWave Connectivity
M. Danger, S. Häger, K. Heimann, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) & 6G Summit, June 2024.
Lessons from Robot-assisted Disaster Response Deployments by the German Rescue Robotics Center Task Force
H. Surmann et al.
In Wiley Journal of Field Robotics, Dec. 2023
Distributed Realtime Wireless Network Emulation for Multi-Robot and Multi-Link Setup Evaluation
M. Patchou, T. Gebauer, C. Krieger, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Int. Conference on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Nov. 2023.
Empowering the Convergence of Wi-Fi and 5G for Future Private 6G Networks
C. Arendt, S. Fricke, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In European Wireless 2023, October 2023.
IndoorDRaGon: Data-Driven 3D Radio Propagation Modeling for Highly Dynamic 6G Environments
M. Geis, H. Schippers, M. Danger, C. Krieger, S. Böcker, J. Freytag, I. Priyanta, M. Roidl, C. Wietfeld
In European Wireless 2023, October 2023.
Phase-based Breathing Rate Monitoring in Patient Rooms Using 6G Terahertz Technology
S. Häger, et al.
In IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems (IWMTS), July 2023.
Data-Driven Digital Mobile Network Twin Enabling Mission-Critical Vehicular Applications
H. Schippers, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Florence, Italy, June 2023.
Holistic Enlightening of Blackspots with Passive Tailorable Reflecting Surfaces for Efficient Urban mmWave Networks
S. Häger, K. Heimann, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 39318-39332, April 2023.
System for Continuous Multi-Dimensional Mobile Network KPI Tracking and Prediction in Drifting Environments
H. Schippers, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2023 Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), Vancouver, Canada, April 2023.
6GEM Perspective on Joint Communication and Sensing
G. vom Bögel, et al.
In 2023 International ITG 26th WSA&SCC, Brunswick, Germany, February 2023.
Capacity Analysis of IoT Networks in the Unlicensed Spectrum
S. Böcker, C. Arendt, C. Wietfeld
In Volume 3 Machine Learning under Resource Constraints - Applications, De Gruyter, December 2022.
Realtime Wireless Network Emulation for Evaluation of Teleoperated Mobile Robots
M. Patchou, et al.
In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotic (SSRR), November 2022, Sevilla, Spain.
Design of a 5G Network Slicing Architecture for Mixed-Critical Services in Cellular Energy Systems
D. Overbeck, F. Kurtz, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2022 IEEE SmartGridComm, Singapore, October 2022.
3D Self-Motion Tracking Services: Coalescence of mmWave Beam Orientations and Phase Information
S. Häger, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF), Montreal, Canada, October 2022.
Better Safe Than Sorry: Distributed Testbed for Performance Evaluation of Private Networks
C. Arendt, S. Böcker, C. Bektas, C. Wietfeld
In 2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF), October 2022.
The Cost of Uncertainty: Impact of Overprovisioning on the Dimensioning of Machine Learning-based Network Slicing
C. Bektas, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF), October 2022.
Enhancing Reliability by Combining Manufacturing Processes and Private 5G Networks
M. Müller, et al.
In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN'22. July 2022, Australia.
Scaling Dense NB-IoT Networks to the Max: Performance Benefits of Early Data Transmission
P. Jörke and T. Gebauer, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2022 IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2022-Spring.
A Novel System Architecture for Small-Scale Motion Sensing Exploiting 5G mmWave Channels
S. Häger, S. Böcker, S. Jamali, T. Reinsch, C. Wietfeld
In 2021 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Workshops), Madrid, Spain, December 2021
On the Benefits of Demand-Based Planning and Configuration of Private 5G Networks
C. Bektas, C. Schüler, R. Falkenberg, P. Gorczak, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2021 IEEE VNC, Virtual Event, November 2021.
Rapid Network Planning of Temporary Private 5G Networks with Unsupervised Machine Learning
C. Bektas, S. Böcker, B. Sliwa, C. Wietfeld
In 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Virtual Event, September 2021
Pushing the Limits: Resilience Testing for Mission-Critical Machine-Type Communication
C. Arendt, M. Patchou, S. Böcker, J. Tiemann, C. Wietfeld
In 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Virtual Event, September 2021
Open RAN - neue Spielregeln für den Mobilfunk
F. Kurtz, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In Elektronik, Weka Fachmedien, vol. 21, pp. 76–81, October 2021
Machine type communications: key drivers and enablers towards the 6G era
N. H. Mahmood, et al.
In EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2021, no. 1, pp. 134, June 2021
Data-Driven Model-Predictive Communication for Resource-Efficient IoT Networks
C. Arendt, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2020 IEEE 6th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), April 2020
White Paper on Critical and Massive Machine Type Communication Towards 6G
N. H. Mahmood, et al.
In 6G Research Visions, University of Oulu, April 2020
Cross-Bearing based Positioning as a Feature of 5G Millimeter Wave Beam Alignment
K. Heimann, J. Tiemann, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Antwerp, Belgium, May 2020
Reliable Software-Defined RAN Network Slicing for Mission-Critical 5G Communication Networks
C. Bektas, S. Böcker, F. Kurtz, C. Wietfeld
In 2019 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, December 2019.
ICT Requirements and Recent Developments
N. Dorsch, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
Chapter in Pathways to a Smarter Power System (A. Tascikaraoglu, O. Erdinc, eds.), Elsevier, vol. 1, May 2019.
Coverage and Link Quality Improvement of Cellular IoT Networks with Multi-Operator and Multi-Link Strategies
P. Jörke, J. Güldenring, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 2019.
LPWAN in the Context of 5G: Capability of LoRaWAN to Contribute to mMTC
S. Böcker, C. Arendt, P. Jörke, C. Wietfeld
In 2019 IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2019), April 2019.
Cellular Network Coverage Analysis and Optimization in Challenging Smart Grid Environments
S. Monhof, S. Böcker, J. Tiemann, C. Wietfeld,
In 2018 IEEE International Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, October 2018.
On the Potential of 5G mmWave Pencil Beam Antennas for UAV Communications: An Experimental Evaluation
K. Heimann, J. Tiemann, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld,
In 22nd International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas, VDE Verlag GMBH Berlin und Offenbach, Mach…
Performance Evaluation of an IEEE 802.11 Mesh-based Smart Market and Smart Grid Communication System
S. Böcker, P. Jörke, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), October 2017.
Urban Channel Models for Smart City IoT-Networks Based on Empirical Measurements of LoRa-links at 433 and 868 MHz
P. Jörke, S. Böcker, F. Liedmann, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications,…
On the Suitability of Bluetooth 5 for the Internet of Things: Performance and Scalability Analysis
S. Böcker, C. Arendt, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2017.
ICT-Based Integration of Active Distribution Networks in the Monitoring and Control Systems of Future Transmission Networks
D. Mayorga Gonzalez, L. Robitzky, A. Kubis, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld, J. Myrzik, C. Rehtanz,
In VDE Congress 2016, November 2016.
Ultra-wideband Aided Precision Parking for Wireless Power Transfer to Electric Vehicles in Real Life Scenarios
J. Tiemann, J. Pillmann, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Montréal, Canada, September 2016.
Holistic Modelling Approach for Techno-Economic Evaluation of ICT Infrastructures for Smart Grids
N. Dorsch, S. Böcker, C. Hägerling, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE SmartGridComm, Miami, USA, November 2015.
Choice of ICT Infrastructures and Technologies in Smart Grid Planning
S. Böcker, F. Geth, P. Almeida, S. Rapoport, C. Wietfeld,
In 23rd International Conference on Electricity Distribution (Cired), June 2015.
ICT based Performance Evaluation of Control Reserve Provision Using Electric Vehicles
S. Böcker, C. Lewandowski, C. Wietfeld,
In 5th Innovative Smart Grid Technologies European Conference, IEEE, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2014.
A HomePlug Green PHY Simulation Model for Evaluation of Electric Mobility Services
C. Lewandowski, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld,
In 7th Workshop on Power Line Communications (WSPLC 2014), IEEE, Bottrop, Germany, September 2014.
Measurement Concept for Performance Evaluation of Lossy Networks
C. Lewandowski, et al.,
In 7th Workshop on Power Line Communications (WSPLC 2014), IEEE, Bottrop, Germany, September 2014.
An ICT Solution for Integration of Electric Vehicles in Grid Balancing Services
C. Lewandowski, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld,
In International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE), IEEE, Las Vegas, USA, December 2013.
Design and Performance Analysis of an IEEE 802.15.4 V2P Pedestrian Protection System
A. Lewandowski, et al.,
In WiVeC 2013 5th International IEEE Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications, IEEE, June 2013.