Speaker: 

Prof. Falko Dressler, Chair for Telecommunication Networks, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Talk Title: Turning Mobile Systems into 6G Network Infrastructure for Improved Resilience 

Abstract: In general, modern 5G networks promise to provide all means for communication in this domain, particularly when integrating mobile edge computing. However, disruptions and major outages of our communication infrastructure pose a very realistic thread to our mission-critical infrastructure and may also severely impact our daily life. Also, mobile systems such as UAV may help densifying infrastructure in case of overload or unbalanced operation. This is particularly relevant to improve the resilience of the network infrastructure. We will show how vehicles can be turned into mobile base stations to provide network coverage even when infrastructure such as the energy grid or the 5G base stations are down. We also discuss the idea of virtualized edge computing (V-Edge) that will enable edge computing even if the 5G edge servers are offline, overloaded, or simply not deployed in sufficient numbers. 

Bio: Falko Dressler is full professor and Chair for Telecommunication Networks at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, TU Berlin. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Erlangen in 1998 and 2003, respectively. Dr. Dressler has been associate editor-in-chief for IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing and Elsevier Computer Communications as well as an editor for journals such as IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, IEEE Trans. on Network Science and Engineering, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, and Elsevier Nano Communication Networks. He has been chairing conferences such as IEEE INFOCOM, ACM MobiSys, ACM MobiHoc, IEEE VNC, IEEE GLOBECOM. He authored the textbooks Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks published by Wiley & Sons and Vehicular Networking published by Cambridge University Press. He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer as well as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Dr. Dressler is an IEEE Fellow as well as an ACM Distinguished Member. He is a member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). He has been serving on the IEEE COMSOC Conference Council and the ACM SIGMOBILE Executive Committee. His research objectives include adaptive wireless networking (sub-6GHz, mmWave, visible light, molecular communication) and wireless-based sensing with applications in ad hoc and sensor networks, the Internet of Things, and Cyber-Physical Systems.