Ulrich Rohde

To meet the ever increasing demand of higher peak data rate, more capacity, better cost efficiency, high reliability, long battery lifetimes, low response times (latency), and Internet of Things (IoT) call for 5th generation communication networks. It is anticipated that IoT will lead to millions of devices “talk” to each other, including machine to machine (M2M), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or more general x-2-y use cases. Researchers are investigating various technologies for 5G networks but no clear dominating technology has been foreseen yet. The possible cost-effective approach is hybrid approaches, which are supposed to address the key emerging requirements such as high data rate, low energy consumption, low latency and the support/integration of heterogeneous devices/networks. The potential techniques to meet the abovementioned requirements are ultra-densification, mm-wave (millimeter wave) communications, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), full duplex technology, adaptive three dimensional (3D) beam-forming, dynamic spectrum accesses and advanced multiple access schemes. Besides these techniques, several aspects such as software defined radio/networking, Internet of Things (IoT), intelligent caching, cloud computing and Big Data are being considered as important enablers for 5G wireless communication systems. There is a need of flexible test and measurement solutions to generate and analyze wideband signals with carrier frequencies operating at 5G in millimeter band, typically ranging from 6 GHz to 70 GHz.  In the full paper, the sophisticated digital signal processing implemented in modern radios utilizing UWB technology will be discussed for the applications in 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the advantages of SDR processing for radio monitoring will be explained. 

Biography:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich L. Rohde is the owner/partner of Rohde & Schwarz, Munich Germany, Chairman of Synergy Microwave Corp., Paterson, New Jersey; President of Communications Consulting Corporation, serving as an honorary member of the Senate of the Armed Forces University Munich, honorary member of the Senate of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, past member of the Board of Directors of Ansoft Corporation,   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rohde is serving as a honorary professor at IIT Delhi, full professor at Oradea University, Romania, and visiting professor at Technical University Munich, Germany. Prior to Honorary Professor of RF and Microwave Technologies at the University of Cottbus, Dr. Rohde was member of the staff at George Washington University (1982) and as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville, teaching in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences departments gave numerous lectures worldwide regarding communications theory and digital frequency synthesizers.

Dr. Rohde is a IEEE life Fellow, published more than 350 scientific papers in professional journals and conferences, co-authored of 15 technical books and book chapters, and over 4 dozen patents. Dr. Rohde is recipient of prestigious 2014 IFCS C. B. Sawyer Award, 2015 IFCS I. I. Rabi Award, 2015 IEEE Region 1 scientific Innovation award, prestigious 2016 IEEE MTT-S Microwave application award, 2017 IEEE IFCS W. G. Cady Award, and 2017 IEEE AP-S Distinguish Achievement Award. Dr. Rohde is a member of the following: Fellow Member of the IEEE, Member of the IEEE Technical Committee for HF, VHF, and UHF Technology MTT-17, Member of the IEEE Signal Generation and Frequency Conversion MTT-22, Member of the Board of Trustees Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (EMFT) for Modular Solid State Technology, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Bavarian Academy of Science, and Honorary Member of the Academy of Science, all in Munich, ETA KAPPA NU Honor Society, Executive Association of the Graduate School of Business-Columbia University, New York, The Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association, Fellow of the Radio Club of America, former Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

In 2006, Dr. Rohde was honored as Microwave Legend by Microwave & RF Magazine; the selection was based on global voting. In 2009, Dr. Rohde was selected in the list of Divine Innovators of November 2011, Microwave Journal. Based on Dr. Rohde’s 5-decade of scientific creativity and pioneer contributions in the field of microwave and antenna, IEEE has established 2 awards on his name “IEEE Ulrich L. Rohde Innovative Conference Paper Awards on Antenna Measurements and Applications” and I”EEE Ulrich L. Rohde Innovative Conference Paper Awards on Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics”.

His hobbies are sailing, U.S. Merchant Marine Officer, Master of Steam or Motor Vessels, photography and ham radio (N1UL).

Email:

Address:Brandenburgische Technische Universitat, BTU Cottbus, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany, 03013

Ulrich Rohde

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Address:Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany