Research topics
Our diverse team works on different research topics to push the boundaries of communication technology.
Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop
The Tactile Internet enables humans to interact in quasi real-time with cyber-physical systems (CPS) in the real or virtual world over intelligent wide-area communication networks. Such advances go far beyond the current state-of-the-art approaches in computer and engineering sciences: intelligent communication networks and adaptive CPS for quasi real-time co-operations with humans require online mutual learning mechanisms, which are crucial challenges. To tackle these challenges, CeTI will conduct unique interdisciplinary research and will address major open research topics in key areas of the complexity of human control in the human–machine loop, sensor and actuator technologies, software and hardware designs, and the communication networks as the basis for several novel use cases grouped in medicine, industry, and the Internet of Skills.
Related Projects
Related Publications
2026
Zheng, Ruifeng; Zhou, Pengjie; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
System Modeling of Microfluidic Molecular Communication: A Markov Approach Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
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Xu, Zhihan; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Function-Aligned Nonuniform Quantization Graph Coloring for Distributed Functional Compression Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications: Communication Theory (ICC - CT), pp. 5.9, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
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Raman, Vignesh; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Quantum Electromagnetic Curvature Resilience: An Information-Geometry Metric for Wireless Quantum Networks Proceedings Article
In: 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), pp. 5, Dublin, Ireland, 2026.
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Schuler, Alexander; Waller, Travis; Bassoli, Riccardo; Bešinović, Nikola
Quantum computing for railway rescheduling: Literature review and future directions Journal Article
In: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, vol. 36, pp. 101868, 2026, ISSN: 2590-1982.
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Scheinert, Tobias; Nazari, Hosein K.; Liu, How-Hang; Senk, Stefan; Nguyen, Giang T.; Muehleisen, Maciej; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Reliable Edge Control over 5G-TSN: Demonstrating End-to-End Prioritization with Inverted Pendulums Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2026, (accepted for publication).
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2025
Schulz, Jonas; Seeling, Patrick; Reisslein, Martin; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
No Further Delay: Making Time an Ally of Edge Computation of AI Workloads Journal Article
In: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, pp. 1-8, 2025.
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Tunc, Hilal Sultan Duranoglu; Halder, Joy; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fettweis, Gerhard P.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Leveraging Network Structure to Emulate Quantum Memory Journal Article
In: IEEE Network, pp. 1-9, 2025.
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Radak, Hristina; Scheunert, Christian; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
A Closed-form Solution to the Wahba's Problem for Pairwise Similar Quaternions Miscellaneous
2025.
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Kurt, Mehmet Akif; Nazari, Hosein K.; Pahlevani, Peyman; Nguyen, Giang T.; Gabriel, Jennifer; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Collective Verification Strategies for Complexity Reduction in Homomorphic MAC Proceedings Article
In: 2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps): Workshop on Enabling Security, Trust, and Privacy in 6G Wireless Systems (GC Wkshps 2025-Security6G), pp. 5.91, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025.
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Nunavath, Nikhitha; Chen, Jiechen; Simeone, Osvaldo; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Communicating Properties of Quantum States over Classical Noisy Channels Miscellaneous
2025.
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Contact Person
For questions and requests regarding this topic please contact Giang Nguyen.
Quantum Technologies
Classical communication technologies face fundamental limits due to trade-offs in key performance indicators, prompting the need for new approaches to meet 6G and beyond requirements. Our research explores the use of quantum technologies in future networks, leveraging quantum coherence and entanglement to surpass classical limits in security, throughput, latency, and energy efficiency. We study quantum error correction, quantum networking, and quantum randomness, using classical simulation-emulation tools. We also investigate how quantum resources can enhance 6G applications across sectors like industry, healthcare, and the Internet of Things.
Related Projects
Related Publications
2026
Zheng, Ruifeng; Zhou, Pengjie; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
System Modeling of Microfluidic Molecular Communication: A Markov Approach Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
@inproceedings{Zheng0526:System,
title = {System Modeling of Microfluidic Molecular Communication: A Markov Approach},
author = {Ruifeng Zheng and Pengjie Zhou and Pit Hofmann and Juan A. Cabrera and Frank H. P. Fitzek},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-05-24},
urldate = {2026-05-01},
booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
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Xu, Zhihan; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Function-Aligned Nonuniform Quantization Graph Coloring for Distributed Functional Compression Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications: Communication Theory (ICC - CT), pp. 5.9, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
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Raman, Vignesh; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Quantum Electromagnetic Curvature Resilience: An Information-Geometry Metric for Wireless Quantum Networks Proceedings Article
In: 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), pp. 5, Dublin, Ireland, 2026.
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Schuler, Alexander; Waller, Travis; Bassoli, Riccardo; Bešinović, Nikola
Quantum computing for railway rescheduling: Literature review and future directions Journal Article
In: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, vol. 36, pp. 101868, 2026, ISSN: 2590-1982.
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Scheinert, Tobias; Nazari, Hosein K.; Liu, How-Hang; Senk, Stefan; Nguyen, Giang T.; Muehleisen, Maciej; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Reliable Edge Control over 5G-TSN: Demonstrating End-to-End Prioritization with Inverted Pendulums Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2026, (accepted for publication).
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2025
Schulz, Jonas; Seeling, Patrick; Reisslein, Martin; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
No Further Delay: Making Time an Ally of Edge Computation of AI Workloads Journal Article
In: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, pp. 1-8, 2025.
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Tunc, Hilal Sultan Duranoglu; Halder, Joy; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fettweis, Gerhard P.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Leveraging Network Structure to Emulate Quantum Memory Journal Article
In: IEEE Network, pp. 1-9, 2025.
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Radak, Hristina; Scheunert, Christian; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
A Closed-form Solution to the Wahba's Problem for Pairwise Similar Quaternions Miscellaneous
2025.
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Kurt, Mehmet Akif; Nazari, Hosein K.; Pahlevani, Peyman; Nguyen, Giang T.; Gabriel, Jennifer; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Collective Verification Strategies for Complexity Reduction in Homomorphic MAC Proceedings Article
In: 2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps): Workshop on Enabling Security, Trust, and Privacy in 6G Wireless Systems (GC Wkshps 2025-Security6G), pp. 5.91, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025.
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Nunavath, Nikhitha; Chen, Jiechen; Simeone, Osvaldo; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Communicating Properties of Quantum States over Classical Noisy Channels Miscellaneous
2025.
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Contact Person
For questions and requests regarding this topic please contact Riccardo Bassoli.
Molecular Communication
Molecular communication is a new paradigm in communication science. Our research focuses on future implementation and evaluation in modern networks. In contrast to state-of-the-art communication with electromagnetic waves, molecular communication is a new way to communicate. Molecules or nanoparticles are used to transfer data, inspired by nature. Molecular communication is suited for applications in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things, for example, intra-body communication, or where the use of electromagnetic waves becomes challenging, like pipe networks. Primary research is about a new, efficient, and powerful network communication system. The benefits are the biocompatibility and the high energy efficiency. Furthermore, molecular communication is not intended to replace current communication networks and paradigms, but rather to complement them efficiently and provide a powerful combination.
Related Projects
Related Publications
2023
Gómez, Jorge Torres; Hofmann, Pit; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Dressler, Falko
Explainability of Neural Networks for Symbol Detection in Molecular Communication Channels Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications (T-MBMC), vol. 9, iss. 3, pp. 323-328, 2023, (Presented at Workshop on Molecular Communications (WMC), Erlangen, Germany, 12-14.04.2022).
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2022
Hofmann, Pit; Gomez, Jorge Torres; Dressler, Falko; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Testbed-based Receiver Optimization for SISO Molecular Communication Channels Proceedings Article
In: 2022 International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022.
@inproceedings{hofmann0822balkancom,
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Contact Person
For questions and requests regarding this topic please contact Pit Hofman.
Robotics
Our research in Robotics explores the future of human-machine interaction, from intuitive haptic devices and advanced interfaces to networked robotics that democratize access to skills. We focus on mobile robots with navigation and recognition capabilities, as well as multi-robot coordination and assembly—paving the way for smarter, collaborative, and accessible robotic solutions.
Labs for Robotics Applied Communication
Related Projects

CeTI Research Room C3
C3 conducts research on networked and AI-enabled robotic platforms to support the U floor with mobile, social, and massively collaborating robots.

Robotics Institute Germany
The Robotics Institute Germany aims to position Germany as the global leader in AI-based robotics, supported by €20 million in funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. This initiative unites top universities and research institutions, leveraging their combined strengths to enhance the international competitiveness of AI-based robotics research in Germany. Key priorities include shared resources, collaborative infrastructure, and talent development to drive innovation in the field.
The activities of the TU Dresden/ComNets include the development and establishment of a medical robotics cluster, the development and provision of robotics kits and interactive school modules to promote hands-on learning in the field of robotics, and collaboration on communication activities related to the overall project.
Smarte KI-basierte Robotik (SKR)
The research network “Smart AI-based Robotics” is doing the groundwork to form the fragmented and not fully integrated research on robotics in Saxony into a coherent alliance in order to strengthen Saxon industry and research in the long term.
Related Publications
2026
Zheng, Ruifeng; Zhou, Pengjie; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
System Modeling of Microfluidic Molecular Communication: A Markov Approach Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
@inproceedings{Zheng0526:System,
title = {System Modeling of Microfluidic Molecular Communication: A Markov Approach},
author = {Ruifeng Zheng and Pengjie Zhou and Pit Hofmann and Juan A. Cabrera and Frank H. P. Fitzek},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-05-24},
urldate = {2026-05-01},
booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
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Xu, Zhihan; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Function-Aligned Nonuniform Quantization Graph Coloring for Distributed Functional Compression Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications: Communication Theory (ICC - CT), pp. 5.9, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
@inproceedings{Xu0526:Function,
title = {Function-Aligned Nonuniform Quantization Graph Coloring for Distributed Functional Compression},
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Quantum Electromagnetic Curvature Resilience: An Information-Geometry Metric for Wireless Quantum Networks Proceedings Article
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Quantum computing for railway rescheduling: Literature review and future directions Journal Article
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Reliable Edge Control over 5G-TSN: Demonstrating End-to-End Prioritization with Inverted Pendulums Proceedings Article
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Schulz, Jonas; Seeling, Patrick; Reisslein, Martin; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
No Further Delay: Making Time an Ally of Edge Computation of AI Workloads Journal Article
In: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, pp. 1-8, 2025.
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Tunc, Hilal Sultan Duranoglu; Halder, Joy; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fettweis, Gerhard P.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Leveraging Network Structure to Emulate Quantum Memory Journal Article
In: IEEE Network, pp. 1-9, 2025.
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A Closed-form Solution to the Wahba's Problem for Pairwise Similar Quaternions Miscellaneous
2025.
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Kurt, Mehmet Akif; Nazari, Hosein K.; Pahlevani, Peyman; Nguyen, Giang T.; Gabriel, Jennifer; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Collective Verification Strategies for Complexity Reduction in Homomorphic MAC Proceedings Article
In: 2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps): Workshop on Enabling Security, Trust, and Privacy in 6G Wireless Systems (GC Wkshps 2025-Security6G), pp. 5.91, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025.
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Communicating Properties of Quantum States over Classical Noisy Channels Miscellaneous
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Currently we witness a paradigm shift from store and forward (dumb) communication networks to compute and forward (intelligent) communication networks. Computing is now an essential part of every communication node and not only at the end points of communication links. Network operators benefit by lower CAPEX and OPEX, researchers have now a swift way to integrate their ideas and innovation. Main building blocks here are Software Defined Networks and Radio (SDN and SDR), Network Function Virtualisation (NFV), and Information-Centric Networks (ICN). ComNets contributed with their own network emulator ComNets Emu.
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Function-Aligned Nonuniform Quantization Graph Coloring for Distributed Functional Compression Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications: Communication Theory (ICC - CT), pp. 5.9, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
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Raman, Vignesh; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Quantum Electromagnetic Curvature Resilience: An Information-Geometry Metric for Wireless Quantum Networks Proceedings Article
In: 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), pp. 5, Dublin, Ireland, 2026.
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Schuler, Alexander; Waller, Travis; Bassoli, Riccardo; Bešinović, Nikola
Quantum computing for railway rescheduling: Literature review and future directions Journal Article
In: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, vol. 36, pp. 101868, 2026, ISSN: 2590-1982.
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Scheinert, Tobias; Nazari, Hosein K.; Liu, How-Hang; Senk, Stefan; Nguyen, Giang T.; Muehleisen, Maciej; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Reliable Edge Control over 5G-TSN: Demonstrating End-to-End Prioritization with Inverted Pendulums Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2026, (accepted for publication).
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Schulz, Jonas; Seeling, Patrick; Reisslein, Martin; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
No Further Delay: Making Time an Ally of Edge Computation of AI Workloads Journal Article
In: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, pp. 1-8, 2025.
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Leveraging Network Structure to Emulate Quantum Memory Journal Article
In: IEEE Network, pp. 1-9, 2025.
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A Closed-form Solution to the Wahba's Problem for Pairwise Similar Quaternions Miscellaneous
2025.
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Collective Verification Strategies for Complexity Reduction in Homomorphic MAC Proceedings Article
In: 2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps): Workshop on Enabling Security, Trust, and Privacy in 6G Wireless Systems (GC Wkshps 2025-Security6G), pp. 5.91, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025.
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Communicating Properties of Quantum States over Classical Noisy Channels Miscellaneous
2025.
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Since current communication methods are getting closer and closer to the theoretical limit postulated by Claude Shannon 70 years ago, new avenues of research are necessary to find ways to still the demand for even more connectivity in the future. While Shannon considered the goal of any communication to be irrelevant to the underlying engineering task, information theorists have found the opposite to be true. While any communication goal can be achieved using Shannon’s understanding of communication, certain goals can be achieved by transmitting significantly less data than Shannon’s theory demands, thus going beyond Shannon’s limit in a manner of speaking. Post-Shannon theory thus considers goal-oriented communication, which allows for drastic improvements over traditional communication methods by exploiting knowledge of the goal of the communication, and utilisation of previously useless resources like common randomness and noiseless feedback to increase the channel capacity.
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@inproceedings{Zheng0526:System,
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Function-Aligned Nonuniform Quantization Graph Coloring for Distributed Functional Compression Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications: Communication Theory (ICC - CT), pp. 5.9, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
@inproceedings{Xu0526:Function,
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Quantum Electromagnetic Curvature Resilience: An Information-Geometry Metric for Wireless Quantum Networks Proceedings Article
In: 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), pp. 5, Dublin, Ireland, 2026.
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Quantum computing for railway rescheduling: Literature review and future directions Journal Article
In: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, vol. 36, pp. 101868, 2026, ISSN: 2590-1982.
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Reliable Edge Control over 5G-TSN: Demonstrating End-to-End Prioritization with Inverted Pendulums Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2026, (accepted for publication).
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Schulz, Jonas; Seeling, Patrick; Reisslein, Martin; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
No Further Delay: Making Time an Ally of Edge Computation of AI Workloads Journal Article
In: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, pp. 1-8, 2025.
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Tunc, Hilal Sultan Duranoglu; Halder, Joy; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fettweis, Gerhard P.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Leveraging Network Structure to Emulate Quantum Memory Journal Article
In: IEEE Network, pp. 1-9, 2025.
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title = {Leveraging Network Structure to Emulate Quantum Memory},
author = {Hilal Sultan Duranoglu Tunc and Joy Halder and Riccardo Bassoli and Gerhard P. Fettweis and Frank H. P. Fitzek},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11305221},
doi = {10.1109/MNET.2025.3636661},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-19},
urldate = {2025-12-19},
journal = {IEEE Network},
pages = {1-9},
abstract = {Quantum memories, which play a critical role in various aspects of quantum networks—such as timing synchronization, fidelity preservation, network performance continuity, and efficient resource management—are not well-suited for practical deployment due to their high cost and complex implementation requirements. For this reason, in our study, we propose a low-cost and easy-to-implement alternative method called soft memory, which does not require any physical quantum memory hardware and is based on a delay-aware routing strategy. Under varying threshold and request time window values, we evaluate two key performance metrics—mean time difference and request success rate—across three types of quantum networks: (i) memoryless quantum networks, (ii) quantum networks equipped with fixed qubit storage time, and (iii) the proposed soft memory architecture. Despite requiring no additional physical hardware, the soft memory approach achieves a request success rate nearly equivalent to that of a quantum memory with 0.15-second storage time, while providing a lower mean time difference.},
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Radak, Hristina; Scheunert, Christian; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
A Closed-form Solution to the Wahba's Problem for Pairwise Similar Quaternions Miscellaneous
2025.
@misc{radak2025:Wahba,
title = {A Closed-form Solution to the Wahba's Problem for Pairwise Similar Quaternions},
author = {Hristina Radak and Christian Scheunert and Frank H. P. Fitzek},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07597},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-08},
urldate = {2025-12-08},
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Kurt, Mehmet Akif; Nazari, Hosein K.; Pahlevani, Peyman; Nguyen, Giang T.; Gabriel, Jennifer; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Collective Verification Strategies for Complexity Reduction in Homomorphic MAC Proceedings Article
In: 2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps): Workshop on Enabling Security, Trust, and Privacy in 6G Wireless Systems (GC Wkshps 2025-Security6G), pp. 5.91, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025.
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title = {Collective Verification Strategies for Complexity Reduction in Homomorphic MAC},
author = {Mehmet Akif Kurt and Hosein K. Nazari and Peyman Pahlevani and Giang T. Nguyen and Jennifer Gabriel and Frank H. P. Fitzek},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-08},
urldate = {2025-12-08},
booktitle = {2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps): Workshop on Enabling Security, Trust, and Privacy in 6G Wireless Systems (GC Wkshps 2025-Security6G)},
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Nunavath, Nikhitha; Chen, Jiechen; Simeone, Osvaldo; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Communicating Properties of Quantum States over Classical Noisy Channels Miscellaneous
2025.
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title = {Communicating Properties of Quantum States over Classical Noisy Channels},
author = {Nikhitha Nunavath and Jiechen Chen and Osvaldo Simeone and Riccardo Bassoli and Frank H. P. Fitzek},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04913},
doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2512.04913},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-04},
urldate = {2025-01-01},
publisher = {arXiv},
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