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Overview

Volker Jungnickel is affiliated with the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute in Germany. Their primary research area is in Engineering, with significant contributions in Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as related subfields.

The scientist's work spans several specialized topics within optical and wireless communications. Main topics of research include:

  • Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies

Jungnickel has published numerous papers focused on these areas. Notable recent papers include:

  • LiFi Positioning for Industry 4.0, 2021, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • Distributed Multiuser MIMO for LiFi in Industrial Wireless Applications, 2021, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Distributed MIMO for Li-Fi: Channel Measurements, Ray Tracing and Throughput Analysis, 2021, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Serial data transmission at 224 Gbit/s applying directly modulated 850 and 910 nm VCSELs, 2021, Electronics Letters
  • A Physical Layer for Low Power Optical Wireless Communications, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking

The frequent co-authors in Jungnickel's research include:

  • Ronald Freund
  • Malte Hinrichs
  • Dominic Schulz
  • Sepideh Mohammadi Kouhini
  • Kai Lennert Bober

Jungnickel's research has been published in a variety of venues that focus on photonics, communications, and electronics. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • IECON 2022 - 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
  • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
  • IEEE Access
  • Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022

The research work contributes to understanding and developing communication systems based on optical wireless technologies, particularly focusing on technologies like LiFi and advanced photonic systems. This includes the study of semiconductor lasers, multiuser MIMO configurations for LiFi, and high-speed data transmission techniques.

Best Publications

  • Coordinated multipoint: Concepts, performance, and field trial results

    Ralf Irmer;Heinz Droste;Patrick Marsch;Michael Grieger

  • The role of small cells, coordinated multipoint, and massive MIMO in 5G

    Volker Jungnickel;Konstantinos Manolakis;Wolfgang Zirwas;Berthold Panzner

  • High-speed visible light communication systems

    Liane Grobe;Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos;Jonas Hilt;Dominic Schulz

  • Coexistence of WiFi and LiFi toward 5G: concepts, opportunities, and challenges

    Moussa Ayyash;Hany Elgala;Abdallah Khreishah;Volker Jungnickel

  • A physical model of the wireless infrared communication channel

    V. Jungnickel;V. Pohl;S. Nonnig;C. von Helmolt

  • Performance of MIMO systems with channel inversion

    T. Haustein;C. von Helmolt;E. Jorswieck;V. Jungnickel

  • Gigabit Mobile Communications Using Real- Time MIMO-OFDM Signal Processing

    Volker Jungnickel;Andreas Forck;Thomas Haustein;Christoph Juchems

  • Capacity of MIMO systems with closely spaced antennas

    V. Jungnickel;V. Pohl;C. von Helmolt

  • A Closed Concept for Synchronization and Cell Search in 3GPP LTE Systems

    Konstantinos Manolakis;David Manuel Gutierrez Estevez;Volker Jungnickel;Wen Xu

  • Design and analysis of a visible-light-communication enhanced WiFi system

    Sihua Shao;Abdallah Khreishah;Moussa Ayyash;Michael B. Rahaim

  • Short‐range Wireless Communications

    Gerhard Fettweis;Ernesto Zimmermann;Ben Allen;Dominic C. O'Brien

  • Real-time signal processing for multiantenna systems: algorithms, optimization, and implementation on an experimental test-bed

    Thomas Haustein;Andreas Forck;Holger Gäbler;Volker Jungnickel

  • On the Capacity of Intensity-Modulated Direct-Detection Systems and the Information Rate of ACO-OFDM for Indoor Optical Wireless Applications

    Xia Li;J. Vucic;V. Jungnickel;J. Armstrong

  • Fronthaul evolution: From CPRI to Ethernet

    Nathan J. Gomes;Philippe Chanclou;Peter Turnbull;Anthony Magee

  • Coordinated Multipoint Trials in the Downlink

    V. Jungnickel;L. Thiele;T. Wirth;T. Haustein

  • Synchronization of cooperative base stations

    V. Jungnickel;T. Wirth;M. Schellmann;T. Haustein

  • Mimo-signalverarbeitungsverfahren mit einer rangadaptiven anpassung der datenübertragungsrate

    Eduard Jorswieck;Volker Jungnickel;Thomas Haustein;Clemens Von Helmolt

  • Luminescence related processes in semiconductor nanocrystals —The strong confinement regime

    V. Jungnickel;F. Henneberger

  • A European view on the next generation optical wireless communication standard

    V. Jungnickel;M. Uysal;N. Serafimovski;T. Baykas

  • Optical Wireless MIMO Experiments in an Industrial Environment

    Pablo Wilke Berenguer;Dominic Schulz;Jonas Hilt;Peter Hellwig

  • Interference-aware scheduling in the multiuser MIMO-OFDM downlink

    V. Jungnickel;M. Schellmann;L. Thiele;T. Wirth

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduard A. Jorswieck
Eduard A. Jorswieck Technische Universität Braunschweig
Hany Elgala
Hany Elgala University at Albany, State University of New York
Tommy Svensson
Tommy Svensson Chalmers University of Technology
Thomas D. C. Little
Thomas D. C. Little Boston University
Aydin Sezgin
Aydin Sezgin Ruhr University Bochum
Holger Boche
Holger Boche Technical University of Munich
Martin C. Schubert
Martin C. Schubert Fraunhofer Society
Gunther Auer
Gunther Auer NTT (Japan)

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