M.Sc.EE Vincent Kotzsch


	Postal Address:	Technische Universität Dresden Fakultät Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik Vodafone Stiftungslehrstuhl Mobile Nachrichtensysteme D-01062 Dresden, Germany
	Visit Address:	Barkhausenbau, Room II/12 Helmholtzstraße 18 01069 Dresden
	Phone:	+49 351 463 41 054
	Fax:	+49 351 463 37255
	e-mail:	vincent.kotzsch@ifn.et.tu-dresden.de

Research Interests

Multi-Cell Multi-User Joint Detection and Transmission
MIMO OFDM Receiver Algorithms
Synchronisation in Distributed Antenna Systems
Efficient Matlab2VHDL Algorithm Implementation and its Design Automation
FPGA based Reconfigurable Computing and Software Defined Radio Design
Wireless Prototyping

Teaching

Exercises for Mobile Communications Systems II (Sommer term 2010). Click here for more informations.

Projects

EASY-C
FUTON

Open Student Assistant Jobs:

currently none

Open Thesis Topics:

"Channel Measurements and Statistical Evaluation within the EASY-C Testbed"
"Uplink Timing Advance Estimation and Measurements in 3GPP/LTE based Mobile Networks"
"Interference Aware User Grouping in TDOA limited CoMP Systems"
"Comparison of OFDM and Multi-Carrier Filterbank Systems for the Usage in CoMP Networks"
"Interference Aware Subcarrier Assignment in Time Asynchronous Network MIMO OFDM Systems"

Publications

V.Kotzsch, W.Rave and G.Fettweis.
ISI Analysis in Network MIMO OFDM Systems with insufficient Cyclic Prefix Length
in The Seventh International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS'2010), York, United Kingdom, 19.-22. September, 2010, accepted for publication
Atso Hekkala, Mika Lasanen, Ilkka Harjula, Luis C. Vieira, Nathan J. Gomes, Anthony Nkansah, Steffen Bittner, Fabian Diehm and Vincent Kotzsch.
Analysis of and Compensation for non-ideal RoF Links in DAS
in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, June 2010
V.Kotzsch and G.Fettweis.
Interference Analysis in Time and Frequency Asynchronous Network MIMO OFDM Systems
in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'2010), Sydney, Australia, 18.-21. April 2010, Best Paper Award in the PHY Track
G.Fettweis, J.Holfeld, V.Kotzsch, P.Marsch, E.Ohlmer, Z.Rong and P.Rost.
Field Trial Results for LTE-Advanced Concepts
in 35th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'2010), Dallas, USA, 14.-19. March 2010
J.Holfeld, V.Kotzsch and G.Fettweis.
Order-Recursive Precoding for Cooperative Multi-Point Transmission
in International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA'2010), Bremen, Germany, 23.-24. February 2010
V.Kotzsch, C.Jandura, W.Rave and G.Fettweis.
On Timing Constraints and OFDM Parameter Design for Cooperating Base Stations
in International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA'2010), Bremen, Germany, 23.-24. February 2010
A.Fehske, F.Diehm, V.Kotzsch and G.Fettweis.
Joint Power Allocation and Receive Filtering for Uplink MU-MIMO Multi-Carrier Transmission
in Wireless Communication Society, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronics Systems Technology (Wireless VITAE'09), Aalborg, Denmark, 17.–20. May 2009
V.Kotzsch, J.Holfeld and G.Fettweis.
Joint Detection and CFO Compensation in Asynchronous Multi-User MIMO OFDM Systems
in Proceedings of the 69th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'2009 Spring), Barcelona, Spain, 26.–29. April 2009
J. Schneider, V. Kotzsch and Rainer G. Spallek.
Generator based Design Support for Reconfigurable System-on-Chip
in Proceedings of the IP Based SoC Design Conference & Exhibition (IP/SOC'2005), Grenoble, France, 7.-8. December 2005
V. Kotzsch, J. Schneider and G. Döring.
Reusable design of inter-chip communication interfaces for next generation of adaptive computing systems
in Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems - System Aspects in Organic and Pervasive Computing - (ARCS'2005), Innsbruck, Austria, 14.-17. March 2005
J. Schneider, V. Kotzsch and St. Rülke.
Demonstrator: Reuse Automation for Reconfigurable System-on-Chip Design within a DVB Environment
in Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering (PARELEC'2004), Dresden, Germany, 7.-10. September 2004

Talks

P. Marsch, M. Grieger, J. Holfeld, V. Kotzsch
On the Potential and Challenges connected to Coordinated Multi-Point in LTE Advanced - From Theory to Recent Field Trial
3rd IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Distributed Networks (WDN 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, September 26th, 2010
V. Kotzsch
Multi-User Joint Detection in OFDM Systems with Insufficient Cyclic Prefix Length
ITG–Meeting ”Applied Information Theory“, Munich, Germany, April 09th, 2010
V. Kotzsch
Link Level Interference Analysis in Multi-User Network MIMO OFDMA Systems
Communications Seminar, Dresden, November 12th, 2009
V. Kotzsch and G. Fettweis
Multi-User Detection in Asynchronous Network MIMO-OFDM Systems
TUD/FAU/UUlm Joint Workshop on Wireless Communications, Port d'Andratx, Spain, 16 - 19 March 2009
V. Kotzsch
Prototyping the Next Generation Wireless Networks – A Top-Down Overview
Communications Seminar, Dresden, January 22th, 2009
P. Marsch, V. Kotzsch and G. Fettweis
On Potential Gains, Challenges and Solutions for Multi-cell Cooperative Signal Processing
Workshop on "Technologies for LTE-Advanced", July 25th, 2008
V. Kotzsch
Closed-Loop Synchronisation in OFDMA based Cellular Mobile Broadband
Communications Seminar, Dresden, June 26th, 2008

Supervised Students

Bharath Kumar Reddy (India)
VHDL Implementation and Test of Algorithms within the Realtime Downlink CoMP Hardware System, Internship, May 2010 - July 2010
Yang Shengyan (China)
Analysis and Test of Uplink Multi-Cell Closed Loop Power Control with Imperfect Channel Knowledge, Master Thesis, co-supervision with M.Grieger, ongoing
Marcus Heyn (Germany)
Development and Analysis of Link-to-System-Level Mappings in the Uplink of a Distributed Antenna System , Diploma Thesis, co-supervision with F.Diehm and J.Voigt (Actix), ongoing
Qingqing Xia (China)
Implementation and Test of Methods for the Channel Interpolation and Prediction in the Downlink of a Distributed Antenna System with Linear Precoding , Diploma Thesis, co-supervision with J.Holfeld
Friedrich Pochert (Germany)
VHDL Implementation, Student Assistant
Hanno Beckmann (Germany)
Development of Algorithms for the Positioning in 3GPP-LTE based Cellular Networks , Co-supervision of external Diploma Thesis at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), June 2009 - December 2009
Matthias Jüttner (Germany)
Characterization and Measurements of Mobile Radio Channels within the EASY-C Testbed, Student Project, June 2009 - October 2009
Björn Almeroth (Germany)
Implementation and Test of a Link-Adaption Interface in the Multi-Antenna System Downlink, Student Project, June 2009 - October 2009
Vivek Ganti (India)
VHDL Testbench Development and Design Implementation, Internship, January 2009 - June 2009
Bho Matthiesen (Germany)
Fixed Point Algorithm Implementation, Student Assistant, September 2008 - May 2009
Maria Mellado Prenda (Spain)
Cooperative Transmit Power Control on SDMA Uplink in Distributed Antenna Systems, Student Project, August 2008 - November 2008
Qingqing Xia (China)
Design Flow Evaluation and VHDL SW Implementation, Student Assistant, May 2008 - Juli 2008

Curriculum Vitae

Study

11/2007 - 04/2007
Master Thesis on "Design and Test of a Scheme for Multi-Cell Cooperative Detection of multiple Terminals in an OFDM System" , Master Degree as M.Sc.EE
(please contact me to get the full pdf version of the thesis)
10/2004 - 05/2007
Master Study of Communication and Information Technology at Dresden University of Technology
04/2004 - 08/2004
Diploma Thesis on "Design Automation of internal Communication Interfaces in Dynamic Reconfigurable Systems on Chips" , Diploma Degree as Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
10/2000 - 09/2004
Diploma Study of Computer and Automation Technology at University of Applied Sciences Dresden

Work Experience

01/2008 - now
Research Associate at Vodafone Chair Mobile Communication Systems
06/2007 - 12/2007
HW/SW System Design Engineer at Signalion GmbH Dresden
10/2004 - 05/2007
Student Assistant, Master Thesis at Signalion GmbH Dresden
05/2002 - 11/2004
Research Internship, Student Assistant, Diploma Thesis at Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits, Branch Lab Design Automation Dresden

Misc

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