Chair Head
Frank H. P. Fitzek is a Professor and head of the “Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks” at TU Dresden. He is the spokesman of the DFG Cluster of Excellence CeTI and the 6G-life hub in Germany. 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 5G/6G communication networks, in-network computing, network coding, compressed sensing, post-Shannon theory, quantum and molecular communication, as well as human-machine interaction in the virtual worlds.
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
Sossalla, Peter; Kreis, A.; Frank, S.; Mayer, M.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Autarkes Greifwerkzeug, Industrieroboteranordnung und Betriebsverfahren Patent
2022.
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Sossalla, Peter; Kreis, Arjen; Frank, Stefan; Mayer, Mathias; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Methode zur Zeitsynchronisierung von Fahrerlosen Transportfahrzeugen und Mobilen Robotern Patent
@patent{Sossalla202204, title = {Methode zur Zeitsynchronisierung von Fahrerlosen Transportfahrzeugen und Mobilen Robotern}, author = {Peter {Sossalla} and Arjen {Kreis} and Stefan {Frank} and Mathias {Mayer} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, year = {2022}, date = {2022-04-01}, urldate = {2022-04-01}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Dynamische Lokalisierung für Fahrerlose Transportsysteme Patent
@patent{Sossalla22:Lok, title = {Dynamische Lokalisierung f\"{u}r Fahrerlose Transportsysteme}, author = {Peter {Sossalla} and Arjen {Kreis} and Stefan {Frank} and Mathias {Mayer} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, year = {2022}, date = {2022-01-01}, urldate = {2022-01-01}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Verfahren und Ortungssystem zur Lokalisierung zumindest eines mobilen Systems sowie Produktionssystem mit zumindest einem fahrerlosen Transportfahrzeug Patent
2021.
@patent{Sossalla202101, title = {Verfahren und Ortungssystem zur Lokalisierung zumindest eines mobilen Systems sowie Produktionssystem mit zumindest einem fahrerlosen Transportfahrzeug}, author = {Peter {Sossalla} and Arjen {Kreis} and Stefan {Frank} and Mathias {Mayer} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, year = {2021}, date = {2021-11-01}, urldate = {2021-11-01}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Rischke, Justus; Hirschberg, Heiko; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Laufzeitbestimmungssystem und Verfahren zur Bestimmung einer Datenpaketlaufzeit Patent
@patent{Rischke2021, title = {Laufzeitbestimmungssystem und Verfahren zur Bestimmung einer Datenpaketlaufzeit}, author = {Justus {Rischke} and Heiko {Hirschberg} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, year = {2021}, date = {2021-08-03}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Rischke, Justus; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Müller, Julian-Steffen; Krüger, Jens
Resiliente Fehlerbehandlung in Ethernet-basierten Netzwerken Patent
2020.
@patent{Rischke2020, title = {Resiliente Fehlerbehandlung in Ethernet-basierten Netzwerken}, author = {Justus {Rischke} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Julian-Steffen {M\"{u}ller} and Jens {Kr\"{u}ger}}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-07-06}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Sipos, Marton A.; Rötter, Daniel E. Lucani; Møller, Janus Heide; 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.
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@patent{Sipos2019, title = {Method for file updating and version control for linear erasure coded and network coded storage}, author = {Marton A. {Sipos} and Daniel E. {Lucani R\"{o}tter} and Janus {Heide M\oller} and Morten V. {Pedersen} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/US10270468B2/en,https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/a5/54/2d/5fe86b539328c6/US10270468-20190423-D00000.png}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-04-23}, number = {US-10270468-B2}, location = {Aalborg Universitet}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Rötter, Daniel E. Lucani; Pahlevani, Peyman
Method And Apparatus To Enhance Routing Protocols In Wireless Mesh Networks Patent
US-2018302836-A1, 2018.
@patent{Fitzek2018, title = {Method And Apparatus To Enhance Routing Protocols In Wireless Mesh Networks}, author = {Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Daniel E. {Lucani R\"{o}tter} and Peyman {Pahlevani}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180302836A1/en,https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f1/e3/a4/97fe90ae95f8a8/US20180302836A1-20181018-D00000.png}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-10-18}, number = {US-2018302836-A1}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Møller, Janus Heide; Pedersen, Morten V.
Network coding by beam forming Patent
EP-2678950-A4, 2017.
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Rötter, Daniel E. Lucani; Møller, Janus Heide; Pedersen, Morten V.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Fulcrum network codes Patent
US9647800B2, 2015.
@patent{Fitzek151, title = {Fulcrum network codes}, author = {Daniel E. {Lucani R\"{o}tter} and Janus {Heide M\oller} and Morten V. {Pedersen} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-01-01}, number = {US9647800B2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Krigslund, Jeppe; Hansen, Jonas; Hundebøll, Martin; Rötter, Daniel E. Lucani; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Method, apparatus, and protocol for improving performance in a wireless network Patent
US9860022B2, 2015.
@patent{Fitzek15b, title = {Method, apparatus, and protocol for improving performance in a wireless network}, author = {Jeppe {Krigslund} and Jonas {Hansen} and Martin {Hundeb\oll} and Daniel E. {Lucani R\"{o}tter} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/US9860022B2/en,https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/3a/8f/ae/3bc221934d5b21/US09860022-20180102-D00000.png}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-01-01}, number = {US9860022B2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Møller, Janus Heide; Pedersen, Morten V.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
US9077398B2, 2015.
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Møller, Janus Heide; Pedersen, Morten V.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Zhang, Qi
Intrinsic information conveyance in network coding Patent
WO-2011114191-A1, 2011.
@patent{Heide2011, title = {Intrinsic information conveyance in network coding}, author = {Janus {Heide M\oller} and Morten V. {Pedersen} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Qi {Zhang}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2011114191A1/en}, year = {2011}, date = {2011-09-22}, number = {WO-2011114191-A1}, location = {Nokia Corporation, Nokia, Inc.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Device and method for activating a communication unit Patent
US-2011084815-A1, 2011.
@patent{Fitzek2011, title = {Device and method for activating a communication unit}, author = {Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110084815A1/en,https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/ef/a0/54/a379bb61e633e4/US20110084815A1-20110414-D00000.png}, year = {2011}, date = {2011-04-14}, number = {US-2011084815-A1}, location = {Aalborg Universitet,}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
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.
@patent{2006rahman06:_appar_and_method_for_operat, title = {Apparatus and method for operating frequency resources in a mobile communication system}, author = {Muhammad I. {Rahman} and Ragnar V. {Reynisson} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Ramjee {Prasad} and Jin-Kyu {Koo} and Dong-Seek {Park} and Young-Kwon {Cho} and Young-Kyun {Kim} and Eun-Taek {Lim} and Jun-Young {Jung}}, year = {2010}, date = {2010-01-01}, number = {US7768987B2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Rein, Stephan A.; Gühmann, Clemens
Low complexity compression of short messages Patent
US7999704B2, 2009.
@patent{2007rein06:_lowUS, title = {Low complexity compression of short messages}, author = {Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Stephan A. {Rein} and Clemens {G\"{u}hmann}}, year = {2009}, date = {2009-01-01}, number = {US7999704B2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Gade, Morten; Christensen, Thomas H.; Schneider, Kim; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Olsen, Ole
Power saving in signal processing in receivers Patent
EP1946449B1, 2008.
@patent{2008fitzek05:_power2, title = {Power saving in signal processing in receivers}, author = {Morten {Gade} and Thomas H. {Christensen} and Kim {Schneider} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Ole {Olsen}}, url = {http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1946449.pdf}, year = {2008}, date = {2008-01-01}, number = {EP1946449B1}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
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.
@patent{p_Fitzek2007, title = {Communication system and method for communication in a communication system}, author = {Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Morten Holm {Larsen} and Petar {Popovski} and Saren Vang {Andersen}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2007107159A1/en}, year = {2007}, date = {2007-09-27}, number = {WO-2007107159-A1}, location = {Aalborg Universitet}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
WO-2007104313-A1, 2007.
@patent{Fitzek2007b, title = {Low complexity compression of short messages}, author = {Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Stephan A. {Rein} and Clemens {G\"{u}hmann}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2007104313A1/en}, year = {2007}, date = {2007-09-20}, number = {WO-2007104313-A1}, location = {Aalborg Universitet}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
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.
@patent{Popovski2007, title = {A method for secure communication in a wireless communication system}, author = {Petar {Popovski} and Patrick {Eggers} and Hiroyuki {Yomo} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Persefoni {Kyritsi}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2007031089A1/en}, year = {2007}, date = {2007-03-22}, number = {WO-2007031089-A1}, location = {Aalborg Universitet}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Madsen, Tatiana Kozlova; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
A method of compressing the header of a data packet Patent
WO-2007031090-A1, 2007.
@patent{Madsen2007, title = {A method of compressing the header of a data packet}, author = {Tatiana {Kozlova Madsen} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2007031090A1/en}, year = {2007}, date = {2007-03-22}, number = {WO-2007031090-A1}, location = {Aalborg Universitet}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
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.
@patent{Eggers2007, title = {A method for sending secure information or increasing communication capacity via coding of wavefronts and a system using said method}, author = {Patrick {Eggers} and Petar {Popovski} and Xin {Zhou} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Persefoni {Kyritsi}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2007031088A1/en}, year = {2007}, date = {2007-03-22}, number = {WO-2007031088-A1}, location = {Aalborg Universited}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Method for data communication Patent
WO-2006131118-A1, 2006.
@patent{p_Fitzek2006, title = {Method for data communication}, author = {Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2006131118A1/en}, year = {2006}, date = {2006-12-14}, number = {WO-2006131118-A1}, location = {Aalborg Universitet}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Lee, Sung-jin; Cho, Young-Kwon; Katz, Marcos D.; Park, Dong-Seek; Son, Jung-Je; Koo, Chang-Hoi; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Madsen, Tatiana Kozlova; 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.
@patent{Lee2006, title = {Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving header information in a wireless communication system with a multi-channel structure}, author = {Sung-jin {Lee} and Young-Kwon {Cho} and Marcos D. {Katz} and Dong-Seek {Park} and Jung-Je {Son} and Chang-Hoi {Koo} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Tatiana {Kozlova Madsen} and Ramjee {Prasad}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/US20060083270A1/en,https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/03/65/78/3eeb14a4586a80/US20060083270A1-20060420-D00000.png}, year = {2006}, date = {2006-04-20}, number = {US-2006083270-A1}, location = {Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
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.
@patent{Das2006, title = {Semi-blind channel estimation using sub-carriers with lower modulation order in an OFDM system}, author = {Suvra S. {Das} and Muhammad I. {Rahman} and Frank H. P. {Fitzek}}, url = {https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1641206A2/en,https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/fd/fd/c0/f24103907d2e64/imgf0001.png}, year = {2006}, date = {2006-03-29}, number = {EP-1641206-A2}, location = {Tata Consultancy Services Limited}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
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.
@patent{2005fitzek052, title = {Apparatus and method for assigning subcarrier in OFDMA communication system}, author = {Frank H. P. {Fitzek} and Carl S. {Wijting} and Jeroen {Theeuwes} and Petar {Popovski} and Ramjee {Prasad} and Chang-Ho {Suh} and Seok-Hyun {Yoon} and Sung-Kwon {Hong} and Young-Kwon {Cho} and Young-Kyun {Kim} and Dong-Seek {Park} and Jung-Min {Ro}}, year = {2005}, date = {2005-01-01}, number = {US7209460B2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {patent} }
Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Morich, Rolf
Method for transmitting data packets Patent
WO-02067487-A1, 2002.
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