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Annual Report August 1998 - July 2000

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Complete Annual Report (Zipped PostScript, 5.1 MB
Contents	iii
Preface	v
Curriculum Vitae	xiii
Obtiuary to Prof. Friedrich Schreiber	xvii

1

Organization of the Chair

1

	1.1	Personnel	1
	1.2	Completions	3
	1.3	Funds from Third Parties	5

2

Cources, Laboratories, and Examinations

7

	2.1	Courses and Laboratories	7
	2.2	Lectures	8
	2.3	Student Examinations	10

3

Research Overview

13

	3.1	Research Fields of ComNets	13
	3.2	Overview of Current Activities	15
	3.3	Research Supprting Organizations	19

4

Current Research Topics

21

	4.1	Cellular Radio Networks	21
	4.2	Personal Communications	46
	4.3	Dedicated Short-Range Communications	60
	4.4	Network Design	71
	4.5	Satellite Communications	75
	4.6	Wireless ATM	93
	4.7	Space Devision Multiple Access for Wireless Packet Networks	107
	4.8	Wireless LAN	116
	4.9	Ad-Hoc Networking	151
	4.10	Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Networks	164
	4.11	Powerline Communications	178
	4.12	Infrared Communications	184
	4.13	Trunked Mobile Radio	187
	4.14	Spectrum Compatibility and Coexistence	199
	4.15	Stochastic Simulation	210
	4.16	Tools, Projects, and Info Systems	216

5

Conferences, Seminars, and Committees

235

	5.1	Conferences and Seminars	235
	5.2	National and International Committees	238
	5.3	Reviewer and Editor Activities	238
	5.4	Scientific Co-operations	239
	5.5	Academic Committees	239

6

Publications

241

	6.1	PH.D. Theses	241
	6.2	Diploma Theses	241
	6.3	Student Project Theses	252
	6.4	Publications August 1998 - May 2000	257

List of Figures	267
List of Tables	273
Bibliograhy	275
Order Information	291