Professional Path
Since 2019 | Chief Scientist at Department Electronic Measurements and Signal Processing, Fraunhofer IIS |
Since 2010 | Group Head “Over-the-Air Testing”, Fraunhofer IIS |
2008 - 2009 | Project Work in Wireless Propagation, Channel Modelling and Array Signal Processing, at TU Ilmenau and Tokyo Institute of Technology |
2001 - 2009 | Research fellow, TU Ilmenau |
2005 | Lecturer and Research fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Takada Laboratory) in the field of channel measurements and high-resolution direction-of-arrival estimation processes |
2004 | Implementation of high-resolution direction-of-arrival estimation processes (RIMAX) for radio channel modelling incl. antenna array design and array calibration processes, MEDAV GmbH, Ilmenau |
2001 - 2003 | Research fellow, TU Ilmenau |
Awards
2007 | Best paper award for the publication “Measurement Based Parametric Channel Modeling Considering Diffuse Scattering and Specular Components”(Landmann M., Kaeske M., Thoma R., Takada J., and Ida I.), in International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Niigata, Japan |
2006 | Thüringer Forschungspreis (Thuringina Research Award) for Applied Sciences “MIMO Channel Sounder Measurement System“ (http://www.thueringen.de/th6/tmwwdg/forschung/forschungsfoerderung/forschungspreis/forschungspreis_2006/Aktuelle Arbeitsschwerpunkte) |
2004 | Best paper award for the publication “RIMAX-a maximum likelihood framework channel parameter estimation in multidimensional channel sounding” (Thomä, R., Landmann M., and Richter, A.), in Proc. 2004 Int. Symp. On Antennas and Propag., Sendai, Japan |
Current Research Focuses
- Channel measurement and modelling for future mobile communication (5G-6G) in millimeter waves and THz fields
- 5G Standardization in 3GPP RAN1 and RAN4 (patenting and inklusion of IPs in standards)
- Project acquisition and networking on international, EU, and national basis in fields of development and testing of communication and navigation systems (terrestrial- and satellite-based)
- High-resolution multi-dimensional parameter estimation methods and localization
- Spatial MIMO data transmission, conception, beamforming, channel estimation, precoding
- Emulation of complex radio environments for Over-The-Air approaches in virtual electromagnetic environments (OTAinVEE)
- Satellite communication in Ku- and Ka-Band