2014

Contract signed for “LTE over Satellite” research project

December 1, 2014: The SATCOM research group of our institute has been awarded a two years feasibility study on the integration of broadband satellite links into terrestrial military LTE networks. The project is part of the “first mile” initiative of the German MoD which deals with next-generation enabling technologies for broadband communications solutions for the troops in the theater of operations. The study led by our institute will be conducted in joint work with the partners Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits and INRADIOS integrated radio solutions GmbH. The main output will be a full-size system demonstrator.

Laboratory measurement campaign of military Ka band SATCOM on-the-Move (SOTM) terminals

November 1, 2014: With to the broad SATCOM expertise of our research group our institute supports an in detail evaluation of military Ka band SOTM terminals carried out at the FORTE test facility of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (FhG IIS). The study of the procurement agency of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) led by our partner, DIRACON Innovation Consultants GmbH, analyses the RF characteristics and tracking performances of SOTM antennas in the military Ka band. Furthermore the degree of an end-to-end QoS data transmission in conjunction with a demanded IP encryption will be measured. The study will be finished by end of March 2015.

Prof. Andreas Knopp becomes new Head of Signal Processing Institute

October 1, 2014: After two years of vacancy, the Chair for Signal Processing has now been newly appointed to Prof. Dr. Andreas Knopp by the Minister of Defence Dr. Ursula von der Leyen. Before joining the University in 2012, when he became a professor for Information Transmission in der Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Prof. Knopp has held several positions as a technical R&D expert and program manager in the Bundeswehr’s central procurement agency. According to his dedicated expertise, Prof. Knopp will now establish and lead the University’s first Satellite and Space Communications (SATCOM) research group. With this new SATCOM group being a complement to the renowned Biomedical Information Technology group led by Priv.-Doz. Dr. Gerhard Staude, the institute will now be dedicated to excellent research projects in two of the most exciting fields of signal processing.