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Overview

Holger Karl is affiliated with the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with significant contributions in specialized subfields such as Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their main research topics include:

  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Software System Performance and Reliability
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Age of Information Optimization
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Wireless Networks and Protocols

Holger Karl has published extensively across various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • NOMS 2022-2022 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
  • IEEE Wireless Communications

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Multi-Armed-Bandit-Based Spectrum Scheduling Algorithms in Wireless Networks: A Survey" (2020), published in IEEE Wireless Communications
  • "A UAV-based moving 5G RAN for massive connectivity of mobile users and IoT devices" (2020), published in Vehicular Communications
  • "Self-Learning Multi-Objective Service Coordination Using Deep Reinforcement Learning" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • "V-Edge: Virtual Edge Computing as an Enabler for Novel Microservices and Cooperative Computing" (2022), published in IEEE Network
  • "Multi-Agent Distributed Reinforcement Learning for Making Decentralized Offloading Decisions" (2022), published in IEEE INFOCOM 2022 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications

Holger Karl frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Ramin Khalili
  • Arunselvan Ramaswamy
  • Artur Hecker
  • Adrian Redder
  • Carla Fabiana Chiasserini

Best Publications

  • Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks

    Holger Karl;Andreas Willig

  • A virtual network mapping algorithm based on subgraph isomorphism detection

    Jens Lischka;Holger Karl

  • Specifying and placing chains of virtual network functions

    Sevil Mehraghdam;Matthias Keller;Holger Karl

  • Distributed algorithms for transmission power control in wireless sensor networks

    M. Kubisch;H. Karl;A. Wolisz;L.C. Zhong

  • Network of Information (NetInf) - An information-centric networking architecture

    Christian Dannewitz;Dirk Kutscher;BöRje Ohlman;Stephen Farrell

  • Ambient networks: an architecture for communication networks beyond 3G

    N. Niebert;A. Schieder;H. Abramowicz;G. Malmgren

  • A short survey of wireless sensor networks

    Holger Karl;Andreas Willig;Adam Wolisz

  • MaxiNet: Distributed emulation of software-defined networks

    Philip Wette;Martin Dräxler;Arne Schwabe;Felix Wallaschek

  • MDHT: a hierarchical name resolution service for information-centric networks

    Matteo D'Ambrosio;Christian Dannewitz;Holger Karl;Vinicio Vercellone

  • MeDICINE: Rapid prototyping of production-ready network services in multi-PoP environments

    Manuel Peuster;Holger Karl;Steven van Rossem

  • Cross-layer optimization of OFDM transmission systems for MPEG-4 video streaming

    J Gross;J Klaue;H Karl;A Wolisz

  • Deep reinforcement learning for wireless sensor scheduling in cyber-physical systems

    Alex S. Leong;Arunselvan Ramaswamy;Daniel E. Quevedo;Holger Karl

  • Chaotic maps as parsimonious bit error models of wireless channels

    A. Kopke;A. Willig;H. Karl

  • An overview of energy-efficiency techniques for mobile communication systems

    Holger Karl

  • Content, connectivity, and cloud: ingredients for the network of the future

    B. Ahlgren;P. A. Aranda;P. Chemouil;S. Oueslati

  • Improving the Energy Efficiency of Directed Diffusion Using Passive Clustering

    Vlado Handziski;Andreas Köpke;Holger Karl;Christian Frank

  • Research challenges towards the Future Internet

    Marco Conti;Song Chong;Serge Fdida;Weijia Jia

  • A Distributed End-to-End Reservation Protocol for IEEE 802.11-Based Wireless Mesh Networks

    E. Carlson;C. Prehofer;C. Bettstetter;H. Karl

  • Performance analysis of dynamic OFDMA systems with inband signaling

    J. Gross;H.-F. Geerdes;H. Karl;A. Wolisz

  • How backhaul networks influence the feasibility of coordinated multipoint in cellular networks [Accepted From Open Call]

    T. Biermann;L. Scalia;Changsoon Choi;W. Kellerer

  • 5G PPP Architecture Working Group: View on 5G Architecture

    Simone Redana;Ömer Bulakci;Anastasios Zafeiropoulos;Anastasius Gavras

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Wolisz
Adam Wolisz Technical University of Berlin
Andreas Willig
Andreas Willig University of Canterbury
James Gross
James Gross Royal Institute of Technology
Wolfgang Kellerer
Wolfgang Kellerer Technical University of Munich
Daniel E. Quevedo
Daniel E. Quevedo University of Sydney
Kay Römer
Kay Römer Graz University of Technology
Andreas Festag
Andreas Festag Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Antonio Capone
Antonio Capone Polytechnic University of Milan
Halim Yanikomeroglu
Halim Yanikomeroglu Carleton University

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