BERCOM
Within the BERCOM project ((Blueprint for Pan-European Resilient Critical Infrastructures based on LTE Communications), concepts for a specifically hardened Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system for critical infrastructures are developed. The performance of this communication system is evaluated using simulations, lab set-ups and practical experiments.
The European energy decentralized generation, transmission and distribution system is in a full-scale change process. In future, Smart Grids shall control those complex systems by means of underlying information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures and corresponding distributed SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) services. Those ICT infrastructures need to fulfil challenging requirements. An increasing amount of devices requires a reliable provision of required data rates and guaranteed response times, especially in critical system situations.
One solution for these challenges is the hardening of the existing LTE technology. Based on current standards, TU Dortmund University develops concepts for optimized resource allocation and relaying of data to guarantee low latencies and high reliability even in concurrency situations. The concepts are evaluated in simulations and experiments using real data of energy systems.
The scientific results of the BERCOM project contribute to the deployment of validated, high reliable communication systems, as well as distribution in the European context.
Project duration: 01.09.2015 - 31.08.2018
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Publications
Software-Defined End-to-End Evaluation Platform for Quality of Service in Non-Standalone 5G Systems
K. Heimann, P. Gorczak, C. Bektas, F. Girke, C. Wietfeld
In 2019 Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), Orlando, Florida, USA
Towards Resilient 5G: Lessons Learned from Experimental Evaluations of LTE Uplink Jamming
F. Girke, F. Kurtz, N. Dorsch, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE ICC 2019 Workshop - Wireless Physical Layer Security, Shanghai, China, May 2019.
Enabling Hard Service Guarantees in Software-Defined Smart Grid Infrastructures
N. Dorsch, F. Kurtz, C. Wietfeld,
In Computer Networks, Elsevier, vol. 147, pp. 112–131, December 2018.
Towards 5G: An Empirical Evaluation of Software-Defined End-to-End Network Slicing
C. Bektas, S. Monhof, F. Kurtz, C. Wietfeld,
In 2018 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2018.
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.
Evaluating Software-Defined Networking-Driven Edge Clouds for 5G Critical Communications
F. Kurtz, I. Laukhin, C. Bektas, C. Wietfeld,
In International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC), IEEE, Jeju-si, Republic of Korea, October 2018.
On the Economic Benefits of Software-Defined Networking and Networking Slicing for Smart Grid Communications
N. Dorsch, F. Kurtz, C. Wietfeld,
In NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking Journal, Springer, October 2018.
Payload-size and Deadline-aware Scheduling for Upcoming 5G Networks: Experimental Validation in High-load Scenarios
S. Monhof, M. Haferkamp, B. Sliwa, C. Wietfeld,
In 2018 IEEE 88th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Chicago, USA, August 2018.
Control Plane Fault Tolerance for Resilient Software-Defined Networking based Critical Infrastructure Communications
F. Kurtz, D. Overbeck, C. Bektas, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE 5G World Forum - Cloud native 5G Workshop, Santa Clara, USA, July 2018.
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Location & approach
The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is “Dortmund-Eichlinghofen” (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 “Dortmund-Dorstfeld” (closer to North Campus). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.
To get from North Campus to South Campus by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at North Campus and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.
TU Dortmund University has its own train station (“Dortmund Universität”). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station (“Dortmund Hauptbahnhof”) and Düsseldorf main station via the “Düsseldorf Airport Train Station” (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 20 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.
You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station “Stadtgarten”, usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At “Stadtgarten” you switch trains and get on line U42 towards “Hombruch”. Look out for the Station “An der Palmweide”. From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop “Dortmund Kampstraße”. From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop “Dortmund Wittener Straße”. Switch to bus line 447 and get off at “Dortmund Universität S”.
The AirportExpress is a fast and convenient means of transport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Dortmund Central Station, taking you there in little more than 20 minutes. From Dortmund Central Station, you can continue to the university campus by interurban railway (S-Bahn). A larger range of international flight connections is offered at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is about 60 kilometres away and can be directly reached by S-Bahn from the university station.
The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dortmund University. There are two stations on North Campus. One (“Dortmund Universität S”) is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the university directly with the city of Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the “Technologiepark” and (via South Campus) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at North Campus and offers a direct connection to South Campus every five minutes.
The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent “Technologiepark”.
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