Dr.-Ing. Ernesto Zimmermann

	Postal Address:	Technische Universität Dresden Fakultät Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik Vodafone Stiftungslehrstuhl Mobile Nachrichtensysteme D-01062 Dresden, Germany
	Visit Address:	Barkhausenbau, Room II/7B Helmholtzstraße 18 01069 Dresden
	Phone:	+49 351 463 41 023
	Fax:	+49 351 463 41 099
	e-mail:	zimmere@ifn.et.tu-dresden.de

Scientific Interests

• Receiver Algorithms for Multiple-Antenna Systems
• Channel Coding
• Cooperative Relaying

Publications

1. I. Riedel, R. Habendorf, E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
   Multiuser Transmission in Cellular Systems With Different Sector Configurations
   68th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'08), Calgary, Canada, September 2008
   accepted for publication
   
   
2. D. Milliner, E. Zimmermann, G. Fettweis and J. Barry.
   Channel State Information Based LLR Clipping in List MIMO Detection
   IEEE International Symposium On Personal, Indoor And Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC'08), Cannes, France, September 2008
   accepted for publication.
   
   
3. D. Milliner, E. Zimmermann, J. Barry and G. Fettweis.
   Computational Complexity Bounds for List MIMO Detection
   11th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC'08), Lapland. Finland, September 2008
   accepted for publication.
   
   
4. D. Milliner, J. Barry, E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
   A Framework for Fixed Complexity Breadth-First MIMO Detection
   10th IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications (ISSSTA'08), Bologna, Italy, August 2008
   accepted for publication.
   
   
5. S. Bittner, E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
   Exploiting Phase Noise Properties in the Design of MIMO-OFDM Receivers
   IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'08), Las Vegas, USA, April 2008
   
   
6. E. Zimmermann, D. Milliner, G. Fettweis and J. R. Barry.
   A Parallel Smart Candidate Adding Algorithm for Soft-Output MIMO Detection
   7th International ITG Conference on Source and Channel Coding (SCC'08), Ulm, Germany, January 2008
   
   
7. S. Bittner, E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
   Iterative Phase Noise Mitigation in MIMO-OFDM Systems with Pilot Aided Channel Estimation
   66th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'07), Baltimore, USA, October 2007
   
   
8. S. Bittner, E. Zimmermann, W. Rave and G. Fettweis.
   Performance Analysis of Iterative MIMO-OFDM Receiver under the Presence of Phase Noise
   ITG/IEEE Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA'07), Vienna, Austria, February 2007
   
   
9. E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
   Improved Smart Candidate Adding for Tree Search Based MIMO Detection
   ITG/IEEE Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA'07), Vienna, Austria, February 2007
   
   
10. E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
    Improved Length Term Calculation and MMSE Extension for LISS MIMO Detection
    IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW'06), Chengdu, China, October 2006
    
    
11. E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
    Unbiased MMSE Tree Search Detection for Multiple Antenna Systems
    International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC'06), San Diego, USA, September 2006
    
    
12. E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
    Adaptive vs. Hybrid Iterative MIMO Receivers Based on MMSE Linear and Soft-SIC Detection
    17th IEEE International Symposium On Personal, Indoor And Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC'06), Helsinki, Finland, September 2006
    
    
13. C. Michalke and E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis.
    Linear MIMO Receivers vs. Tree Search Detection: A Performance Comparison Overview
    17th IEEE International Symposium On Personal, Indoor And Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC'06), Helsinki, Finland, September 2006
    
    
14. S. Bittner, E. Zimmermann, W. Rave and G. Fettweis
    List Sequential MIMO Detection: Noise Bias Term and Partial Path Augmentation.
    International Conference on Communications (ICC'06), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006
    
    
15. S. Bittner, E. Zimmermann, and G. Fettweis
    Low Complexity Soft Interference Cancellation for MIMO-Systems.
    63rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring'06), Melbourne, Australia, May 2006
    
    
16. E. Zimmermann, S. Bittner, and G. Fettweis
    Complexity Reduction in Iterative MIMO Receivers Based on EXIT Chart Analysis.
    4th International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Related Topics / 6th International ITG-Conference on Source and Channel Coding (ISTC/SCC'06), Munich, Germany, April 2006
    
    
17. P. Herhold, E. Zimmermann, and G. Fettweis
    Co-operative Multi-hop Transmission in Wireless Networks.
    Computer Networks Journal, Volume 49, No 3, October 2005
    
    
18. E. Zimmermann, P. Pattisapu, and G. Fettweis
    Bit-Flipping Post-Processing for Forced Convergence Decoding of LDPC Codes.
    13th European Signal Processing Conference, Antalya, Turkey, September 2005
    
    
19. P. Marsch, E. Zimmermann, and G. Fettweis
    Smart Candidate Adding: A new Low-Complexity Approach towards Near-Capacity MIMO Detection.
    13th European Signal Processing Conference, Antalya, Turkey, September 2005
    
    
20. P. Marsch, E. Zimmermann, and G. Fettweis
    Improved Methods for Search Radius Estimation in Sphere Detection Based MIMO Receivers.
    14th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, Dresden, Germany, June 2005
    
    
21. E. Zimmermann, W. Rave and G. Fettweis
    Forced Convergence Decoding of LDPC Codes - EXIT Chart Analysis and Combination with Node Complexity Reduction Techniques. (Invited Paper)
    11th European Wireless Conference (EW'2005), Nicosia, Cyprus, April 2005
    
    
22. E. Zimmermann, P. Herhold and G. Fettweis
    On the Performance of Cooperative Relaying Protocols in Wireless Networks. [Preprint version of the Journal article]
    European Transactions on Telecommunications (ETT), Volume 16, Issue 1 (January-February 2005), pages 17-35.
    
    
23. E. Zimmermann, P. Pattisapu, P.K. Bora and G. Fettweis
    Reduced Complexity LDPC Decoding using Forced Convergence.
    7th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC04), Abano Terme, Italy, September 2004
    
    
24. E. Zimmermann, W. Rave and G. Fettweis
    On the Complexity of Sphere Decoding.
    7th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC04), Abano Terme, Italy, September 2004
    
    
25. P. Herhold, E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis
    Cooperative Relaying - A System Perspective.
    13th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, Lyon, France, June 2004
    
    
26. E. Zimmermann, P. Herhold and G. Fettweis
    The Impact of Cooperation on Diversity-Exploiting Protocols.
    59th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring 2004), Milan, Italy, May 2004
    
    
27. E. Zimmermann, P. Herhold, and G. Fettweis
    A Novel Protocol for Cooperative Diversity in Wireless Networks. (Best Paper Award)
    The Fifth European Wireless Conference - Mobile and Wireless Systems beyond 3G, Barcelona, Spain, February 2004
    
    
28. P. Herhold, E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis
    A Simple Cooperative Extension to Wireless Relaying.
    2004 International Zurich Seminar on Communications, Zurich, Switzerland, February 2004
    
    
29. P. Herhold, E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis
    On the Performance of Cooperative Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks.
    5th International ITG Conference on Source and Channel Coding (SCC), Erlangen, Germany, January 2004
    
    
30. E. Zimmermann, P. Herhold, and G. Fettweis
    On the Performance of Cooperative Diversity Protocols in Practical Wireless Systems.
    58th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall 2003), Orlando, FL, October 2003
    

Talks, Workshops, Overview Articles, etc.

1. G. Fettweis, E. Zimmermann, V. Jungnickel and E. Jorswieck.
   Challenges in Future Short Range Wireless Systems.
   in IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, 1(1):24-31, June 2006
   
   
2. T. Lestable, E. Zimmermann, M.-H. Hamon and S. Stiglmayr
   Block-LDPC Codes vs. Duo-Binary Turbo-Codes for European Next Generation Wireless Systems.
   64th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall'06), Montreal, Canada, September 2006
   
   
3. E. Zimmermann, S. Bittner and G. Fettweis
   List Sequential MIMO Detection: Length Term Options and MMSE Extensions.
   Workshop on Sequential Decoding, Munich, Germany, June 2006
   
   
4. E. Zimmermann, S. Bittner and W. Rave
   LISS vs. SoftSIC in Turbo MIMO.
   7. Sitzung ITG-Fachgruppe "Angewandte Informationstheorie", Munich, Germany, May 2006
   
   
5. A. Pollard, M. Döttling, J. von Haefen, D. Schultz, R. Pabst, and E. Zimmermann
   WINNER - Towards Ubiquitous Wireless Access.
   63rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring'06), Melbourne, Australia, May 2006
   
   
6. T. Lestable and E. Zimmermann
   LDPC Options for Next Generation Wireless Systems.
   14th Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF14), San Diego, USA, July 2005
   
   
7. B. Allen, T. Brown, K. Schwieger, E. Zimmermann, W. Malik. D. Edwards, L. Ouvry, and I. Oppermann
   Ultra Wideband: Applications, Technology and Future Perspectives.
   International Workshop on Convergent Technologies (IWCT), Oulu, Finland, June 2005
   
   
8. E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis
   Forced Convergence Decoding of LDPCC.
   5. Sitzung ITG-Fachgruppe "Angewandte Informationstheorie", Aachen, Germany, April 2005
   
   
9. G. Fettweis, T. Hentschel and E. Zimmermann
   WIGWAM - A Wireless Gigabit System with Advanced Multimedia Support.
   VDE Kongress 2004, Berlin, Germany, October 2004
   
   
10. E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis
    Cooperative Relaying - Protocols and Performance.
    4. Sitzung ITG-Fachgruppe "Angewandte Informationstheorie", Kiel, Germany, October 2004
    
    
11. G. Fettweis, M. Löhning, D. Petrovic, M. Windisch, P. Zillmann and E. Zimmermann
    Dirty RF.
    11th Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF11), Oslo, Norway, June 2004
    
    
12. E. Zimmermann, P. Herhold and G. Fettweis
    Distributed Incremental Redundancy.
    13th Joint Conference on Communications and Coding (JCCC 2004), Galtür, Austria, March 2004
    
    
13. P. Herhold, E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis
    Cooperative Relaying - Benefits and Challenges.
    13th Joint Conference on Communications and Coding (JCCC 2004), Galtür, Austria, March 2004
    
    
14. E. Zimmermann and G. Fettweis
    Scenario Specifications for Gigabit Wireless.
    8th Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF 8bis), Beijing, China, February 2004
    
    

Miscellaneous

• WWRF Book of Visions
  1. G. Fettweis, E. Zimmermann, B. Allen, D.C. O’Brien and P. Chevillat
     Short-range Wireless Communications.
     in Technologies for the Wireless Future: Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), Volume 2, R. Tafazolli (Edt.), John Wiley & Sons, April 2006
     
     
• WWRF WG5 White Papers
  1. B. Allen, T. Brown, K. Schwieger, E. Zimmermann, W. Malik, D. Edwards and I. Oppermann
     White Paper on Ultra Wideband: Technology and Future Perspectives.
     
     
  2. V. Jungnickel, E. Jorswieck, O. Seller and E. Zimmermann
     White Paper on MIMO-OFDM in the TDD Mode.
     
     
• WWRF WG5 Briefings
  1. P. Chevillat, P. Coronel, W. Schott, K. Schwieger, E. Zimmermann, T. Zasowski
     WWRF Briefing on Wireless Body Area and Sensor Networks.
     
     
  2. G. Fettweis, E. Zimmermann, W. Schott, H. Bonneville, M. de Courville, K. Gosse
     WWRF Briefing on High Throughput Wireless LAN/PAN.
     
     
  3. L. Hérault, L. Ouvry, P. Vincent and E. Zimmermann
     White Presentation on Implementation of short range wireless systems.
     
     
• 4 patents.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2007 Doktor-Ingenieur Elektrotechnik at Dresden University of Technology
• 2003 Diplom-Ingenieur Elektrotechnik at Dresden University of Technology
• 2002 Summer Fellowship at McKinsey & Company, Inc., Business Technology Office, Frankfurt/Main
• 2001/02 Studies at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne, Rennes
• 2000/01 Studies at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Advanced Broadband Communications Center, Barcelona, Spain
• 1999 Internship at BMW AG, Munich
• 1998 Internship at IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Böblingen

Supervised theses and student projects

• Sören Schulz: Implementierung von aufwandsgünstigen MIMO-Entzerrungsverfahren auf einem Vektorprozessor
  October 2007 -
  
  
• Sebastian Wagner: Untersuchungen zur Leistungsfähigkeit und Komplexität verschiedener Entzerrer-Algorithmen in einem closed-loop MIMO-OFDM-System
  September 2007 - March 2008
  
  
• Markus Schneider: Charakterisierung und Optimierung von Quantisierern für Mehrträgersignale
  May - December 2007
  
  
• Kalle Odenthal: A Fast Handover Solution for SIP based Mobility in 3G wireless networks optimized for reduction of WLAN radio power consumption
  November 2006 - July 2007
  
  
• Christine Neuberg (at EPFL, co-supervisor): Low Density Graphical Codes for Source Coding
  April - October 2005
  
  
• Sara Francés Gonzáles (exchange student from Universidad de Valladolid): Cooperative Relaying using Incremental Redundancy Techniques
  February - August 2005
  
  
• Steffen Bittner: Performance and Complexity of the List-Sequential (LISS) Detector
  February - August 2005
  
  
• Diemo Landmann: Complexity Reduction of Receiver Algorithms for MIMO-OFDM Systems
  June 2004 - January 2005
  
  
• Patrick Marsch: On the Complexity of Advanced Receiver Algorithms for Multiple Antenna Systems
  June - December 2004
  
  
• Christine Neuberg (student project at EPFL, co-supervisor): LDPC-Decoding and the Gilbert-Elliott Channel
  
  
• Dirk Czepluch (student project): Soft output detection for lattice based receiver architectures
  May - August 2004
  
  
• Prakash Pattisapu (Master student from IIT Guwahati): Low-Density Parity-Check Codes for the Multiple-Antenna Channel: Algorithms and Architectures
  October 2003 - May 2004
  
  
• Philipp Weise (at TU Berlin, co-supervisor): Analysis of Ressource Management Algorithms in QS-CDMA Systems
  September 2003 - January 2004

Projects

• FUTON (Fibre Optic Networks for Distributed, Extendible Heterogeneous Radio Architectures and Service Provisioning)
  
• EASY-A (Enablers for Ambient Services & SYstems - Part A: 60 GHz Broadband Links)
  
  
• WIGWAM (WIreless Gigabit With Advanced Multimedia Support)
  
• WINNER (Wireless World INitiative NEw Radio)
• WWRF (Wireless World Research Forum) WG5
  
• IST Summit 2005 Webmaster

Theses, etc.

1. Complexity Aspects in Near-Capacity MIMO Detection-Decoding.
   Doctoral thesis, July 2007
   Abstract, published at Vogt Verlag under ISBN 978-3-938860-09-0
2. On the cooperative exploitation of spatial diversity in wireless networks.
   Diploma thesis, April 2003
   Abstract (please email me for the complete version)
3. A Network Monitoring Tool for Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS).
   Student project, January 2001
   Abstract (please email me for the complete version)