Dipl.-Ing. Ingo Forkel  Research Assistant RWTH Aachen Chair of Communication Networks Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Walke Kopernikusstraße 16 (W.102) D-52074 Aachen Phone: +49 (0)241 80 279 15 Fax: +49 (0)241 88 903 65

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Field of Activities at the Chair of Communication Networks

• Performance evaluation of mobile radio networks
• Radio Resource Management (RRM) for UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA)
• Source and Channel Coding
• Communication Channel Modeling
• Ray-Tracing and Electromagnetic Waves Propagation
• Introduction to our Chair: The ultimate Internet-Ralley
• Sports at ComNets: Badminton and Football Activities and Events

Students' Corner

• See how they performed at the SMD Cart Race (28.10.99); be careful, several MB !!!
  
• Just one impression of a Rursee-Adventure (14.08.01)
  
• Celebration of our contibution to the WLL book
  
• Something stupid during the Carneval run in 2002
  
• The ultimate Bowling evening (26.02.02)
  
• Once more, Grand Prix feeling at the IFL Cart Race (19.06.02)
  
• Dart evening in Sowiso (28.01.03)
  
• Da(s) schockt die Kiste (27.03.03)
  
• Da(s) schockt die Kiste noch mehr (11.09.03)
  

Publications

• High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) - A Means of Increasing Downlink Capacity in WCDMA Cellular Networks? in Proceedings European Wireless 2004, Feb. 24-27, 2004, Barcelona, Spain
• Initial Performance Evaluation and Analysis of the global OFDM Metropolitan Area Network Standard IEEE 802.16a / ETSI HiperMAN in Proceedings European Wireless 2004, Feb. 24-27, 2004, Barcelona, Spain
• MAC Layer Concepts to Support Space Division Multiple Access in Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (IEEE 802.16a) in 10th World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF), Oct. 27-28, 2003, New York, US
• STRIKE: Spectrally Efficient Fixed Wireless Network Based on Dual Standards in Proceedings Sympotic'03, Oct. 26-28, 2003, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Performance Comparison of Radio Access Technologies for the UMTS (Invited Paper) in Proceedings WPMC 2003, Oct. 22-24, 2003, Yokosuka, Japan
• The HIPERMAN Standard - A Performance Analysis in Proceedings of IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, June 15-18, 2003, Aveiro, Portugal
• Perormance Evaluation of Soft Handover in a Realistic UMTS Network in Proceedings of VTC 2003 Spring - IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Apr. 22-25, 2003, Jeju, Korea
• Realization and Optimization of Soft and Softer Handover in UMTS Networks in Proceedings of EPMCC 2003 - European Personal Mobile Communications Conference, Apr. 22-25, 2003, Glasgow, Scotland
• Adaptive Switching Point Allocation in TD/CDMA Systems in Proceedings of VTC 2002 Fall - IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Sep. 24-28, 2002, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
• Performance Comparison Between UTRA-TDD High Chip Rate and Low Chip Rate Operation in Proceedings of PIMRC 2002 - Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Communications Conference, Sep. 15-18, 2002, Lisbon, Portugal
• The Effect of Electrical and Mechanical Antenna Down Tilting in UMTS Networks in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, May 8-10, 2002, London, UK
• On the Capacity of a UTRA-TDD Network with Multiple Services in Proceedings of ICC 2002 - International Communications Conference, Apr. 28 - May 2, 2002, New York, US
• Evaluation of Power Control in UTRA-TDD in Proceedings of CIC 2001 - 6th CDMA International Conference, Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 2001, Seoul, Korea
• Radio Propagation Modelling and its Application for 3G Network Simulation in Proceedings of ASST 2001 - 10th Aachen Symposium on Signal Theory, Sep. 19-21, 2001, Aachen, Germany

• Traffic Based Dynamic Channel Allocation Schemes for W.L.L. contribution to the book Wireless Local Loops by Peter Stavroulakis (ed.), Wiley & Sons, 2001
• Traffic Considerations in Comparing Access Techniques for W.L.L. contribution to the book Wireless Local Loops by Peter Stavroulakis (ed.), Wiley & Sons, 2001
• Management of Circuit and Packet Switched Data in UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Networks in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Third Generation Wireless and Beyond, May 30 - June 2, 2001, San Francisco, US
• A Multi-Wall-And-Floor Model for Indoor Radio Propagation in Proceedings of VTC 2001 Spring - IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, May 6-9, 2001, Rhodos, Greece
• Dynamic Channel Allocation in UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access TDD Systems in Proceedings of VTC 2001 Spring - IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, May 6-9, 2001, Rhodos, Greece
• Performance Evaluation of Power Control Algorithms in Microcellular UTRA Systems in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, Mar. 26-28, 2001, London, UK
• Dynamic Allocation of Capacity in UTRA TDD Systems in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, Mar. 26-28, 2001, London, UK
• On Allocation and Adaptive Transmission Technology in Fixed Wireless Access Networks in Proceedings of EPMCC 2001 - 4th European Personal Mobile Communications Conference, Feb. 20-22, 2001, Vienna, Austria
• Configuration Optimale d'un Protocole de Liaison de Données pour Réseaux d'Accès Fixes Sans Fil Basés sur ATM in the Journal Annales des Télécommunications, Nov./Dec. 2000
• Computer Simulation of Performance Enhancing Methods in ATM based Fixed Wireless Access Networks in Proceedings of SPECTS 2000 - 2000 SCS Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, July 16-20, 2000, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
• Optimal DLC Protocol Configuration for Realistic Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Networks based on ATM in Proceedings of the ICATM'99, The Second International IEEE Conference on ATM, June 21-23, 1999, Colmar, France
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Curriculum Vitae

Ingo Forkel received the diploma (master) degree in electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen, Germany, in 1999 (Abstract of the diploma thesis). Since 1999, he has been with the Chair of Communication Networks, RWTH Aachen, where he is involved in the development and simulation of fixed and mobile communication systems. His research interest is mainly in the area of radio resource management algorithms and adaptive link control for TD/FDMA and CDMA systems (UMTS, HiperMAN).

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