Institute of Networked and Embedded Systems

Group of C. Bettstetter

August 2024

Research

Area: Networked systems

Wireless connectivity

Self-organization 

Modeling and simulation

Application areas

Telecommunications

Internet of things

Robotics and drones

Research activities

• Self-organized synchronization and swarming
  FWF grant and free research

• Drone communications and coordination
  FWF grant, doctoral school, industry cooperations

• Interference in wireless networks
  FWF grant and free research

• Industrial sensor networks
  Industry cooperations

Research projects (ongoing)

• Self-fulfilling prophecies in the digital age (Lovelace)

• Drones in cellular networks (FWF)

Drones in cellular networks

Synchronization and swarming

Research projects (2017–)

Funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

• Self-organizing synchronization with stochastic coupling 

• Dynamics of interference in wireless networks

• Drones in cellular networks

Collaborations with industry

• Condition and energy monitoring with ... sensor networks

• Drone communications over cellular networks

• Self-powered UWB industrial sensor networks

• Reliable wireless sensor networks for aircrafts

• Adaptive access management for ... transport systems

Publications

• Interference functionals in Poisson networks. 
  IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2016

• Drone networks: Communications, coordination, and sensing. Ad Hoc Networks, 2018

• Interference management for cellular-connected UAVs.
  IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2019

• Sandsbots: Robots that sync and swarm.  
  IEEE Access, 2020

Courses

Bachelor level

Electricity and magnetism

Programming in C

Laboratories and seminars

Master level

Mobile communications

Wireless networks

Network modeling and analysis

Self-organization and synchronization

Projects and seminars

An outstanding course overall. The professor puts tremendous effort into his slides, … explains how various concepts interrelate, offering us the bigger picture while also delving into the details, allowing us to see precisely where they fit in."

Anonymous student, 2024

Awards for students

Lakeside Labs

Facts

• Nonprofit R&D company
• Founded in 2008
• Staff members: 20
• Directors: Prüggler, Bettstetter
• Projects: 3 EU, 10 national

Mission: Advance methods of self-organization in networked systems and their application in technology

Spinoff: LoconIQ

Facts

• For-profit R&D startup
• Founded in 2022
• Staff members: 5
• Founder: Neuhold

Mission: Offer out-of-the-box solutions for high-precision indoor localization based on UWB technology.