Chair Head
Frank H. P. Fitzek is a Professor and head of the “Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks” at TU Dresden coordinating the 5G Lab Germany. He is the spokesman of the DFG Cluster of Excellence CeTI.
He received his diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Technology – Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) – Aachen, Germany, in 1997 and his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Berlin, Germany in 2002 and became Adjunct Professor at the University of Ferrara, Italy in the same year. In 2003 he joined Aalborg University as Associate Professor and later became Professor.
He co-founded several start-up companies starting with acticom GmbH in Berlin in 1999. He has visited various research institutes including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), VTT, and Arizona State University. In 2005 he won the YRP award for the work on MIMO MDC and received the Young Elite Researcher Award of Denmark. He was selected to receive the NOKIA Champion Award several times in a row from 2007 to 2011. In 2008 he was awarded the Nokia Achievement Award for his work on cooperative networks. In 2011 he received the SAPERE AUDE research grant from the Danish government and in 2012 he received the Vodafone Innovation prize. In 2015 he was awarded the honorary degree “Doctor Honoris Causa” from Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE).
His current research interests are in the areas of wireless and 5G communication networks, network coding, cloud computing, compressed sensing, cross layer as well as energy efficient protocol design and cooperative networking.
Academic Appointments
TU Dresden, Germany 10/2014 – present Professor, Area Chair – Communication Networks 5G Lab Germany Coordinator 5Glab.de
Aalborg University, Denmark 12/2003 – 09/2014 Professor, Electronic Systems Head of Mobile Devices and Future Vision Group
University of Ferrara, Italy 2002–2003 Adjunct Professor, Wireless Networking, Group of Professor Michele Zorzi
Visiting Appointments
MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 2009,2010 Visiting Professor Wireless and Cooperative Networks, Group of Professor Muriel Medard
VTT Research Center Oulu, Finland 2007 Visiting Professor, Cognitve and Cooperative Wireless Networks Group of Dr. Marcos Katz
ASU – Arizona State University, USA 2000,2002 Visiting student, Multimedia Networking Group of Martin Reisslein
Education
Technical University of Berlin, Germany 1997–2002 supervisor Professor Adam Wolisz Degree: Dr.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering
RWTH Aachen, Germany 1992–1997 supervisor Professor Bernhard Walke Degree: Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering
Awards
Doctor Honoris Causa from Budapest University of Technology and Economy 2015 Vodafone Innovation Price 2012 Sapere Aude Grant 2010 Nokia Achievement Price 2008 Nokia Innovation Award 2008 Nokia Champion 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Young Elite Researcher Denmark 2005 YRP award (Japanese Research Award) 2005
Rischke, Justus ; Fitzek, Frank H P; Müller, Julian-Steffen ; Krüger, Jens
Resiliente Fehlerbehandlung in Ethernet-basierten Netzwerken Patent
2020.
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Sipos, Marton A; Lucani Rötter, Daniel E; Heide Møller, Janus ; Pedersen, Morten V; Fitzek, Frank H P
Method for file updating and version control for linear erasure coded and network coded storage Patent
US-10270468-B2, 2019.
Links
Fitzek, Frank H P; Lucani Rötter, Daniel E; Pahlevani, Peyman
Method And Apparatus To Enhance Routing Protocols In Wireless Mesh Networks Patent
US-2018302836-A1, 2018.
Fitzek, Frank H P; Heide Møller, Janus ; Pedersen, Morten V
Network coding by beam forming Patent
EP-2678950-A4, 2017.
Lucani Rötter, Daniel E; Heide Møller, Janus ; Pedersen, Morten V; Fitzek, Frank H P
Fulcrum network codes Patent
US9647800B2, 2015.
Krigslund, Jeppe ; Hansen, Jonas ; Hundebøll, Martin ; Lucani Rötter, Daniel E; Fitzek, Frank H P
Method, apparatus, and protocol for improving performance in a wireless network Patent
US9860022B2, 2015.
Heide Møller, Janus ; Pedersen, Morten V; Fitzek, Frank H P
US9077398B2, 2015.
Heide Møller, Janus ; Pedersen, Morten V; Fitzek, Frank H P; Zhang, Qi
Intrinsic information conveyance in network coding Patent
WO-2011114191-A1, 2011.
Fitzek, Frank H P
Device and method for activating a communication unit Patent
US-2011084815-A1, 2011.
Rahman, Muhammad I; Reynisson, Ragnar V; Fitzek, Frank H P; Prasad, Ramjee ; Koo, Jin-Kyu ; Park, Dong-Seek ; Cho, Young-Kwon ; Kim, Young-Kyun ; Lim, Eun-Taek ; Jung, Jun-Young
Apparatus and method for operating frequency resources in a mobile communication system Patent
US7768987B2, 2010.
Fitzek, Frank H P; Rein, Stephan A; Gühmann, Clemens
Low complexity compression of short messages Patent
US7999704B2, 2009.
Gade, Morten ; Christensen, Thomas H; Schneider, Kim ; Fitzek, Frank H P; Olsen, Ole
Power saving in signal processing in receivers Patent
EP1946449B1, 2008.
Fitzek, Frank H P; Larsen, Morten Holm ; Popovski, Petar ; Andersen, Saren Vang
Communication system and method for communication in a communication system Patent
WO-2007107159-A1, 2007.
WO-2007104313-A1, 2007.
Popovski, Petar ; Eggers, Patrick ; Yomo, Hiroyuki ; Fitzek, Frank H P; Kyritsi, Persefoni
A method for secure communication in a wireless communication system Patent
WO-2007031089-A1, 2007.
Kozlova Madsen, Tatiana ; Fitzek, Frank H P
A method of compressing the header of a data packet Patent
WO-2007031090-A1, 2007.
Eggers, Patrick ; Popovski, Petar ; Zhou, Xin ; Fitzek, Frank H P; Kyritsi, Persefoni
A method for sending secure information or increasing communication capacity via coding of wavefronts and a system using said method Patent
WO-2007031088-A1, 2007.
Method for data communication Patent
WO-2006131118-A1, 2006.
Lee, Sung-jin ; Cho, Young-Kwon ; Katz, Marcos D; Park, Dong-Seek ; Son, Jung-Je ; Koo, Chang-Hoi ; Fitzek, Frank H P; Kozlova Madsen, Tatiana ; Prasad, Ramjee
Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving header information in a wireless communication system with a multi-channel structure Patent
US-2006083270-A1, 2006.
Das, Suvra S; Rahman, Muhammad I; Fitzek, Frank H P
Semi-blind channel estimation using sub-carriers with lower modulation order in an OFDM system Patent
EP-1641206-A2, 2006.
Fitzek, Frank H P; Wijting, Carl S; Theeuwes, Jeroen ; Popovski, Petar ; Prasad, Ramjee ; Suh, Chang-Ho ; Yoon, Seok-Hyun ; Hong, Sung-Kwon ; Cho, Young-Kwon ; Kim, Young-Kyun ; Park, Dong-Seek ; Ro, Jung-Min
Apparatus and method for assigning subcarrier in OFDMA communication system Patent
US7209460B2, 2005.
Fitzek, Frank H P; Morich, Rolf
Method for transmitting data packets Patent
WO-02067487-A1, 2002.