Stephan Sand Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) in der Helmholtzgemeinschaft Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation Oberpfaffenhofen 82234 Wessling Germany Phone: +49 (0) 8153-28-1464 Fax:     +49 (0) 8153-28-1871 Email: Stephan.Sand(at)dlr.de Member of Mobile Radio Transmission Group

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Current projects and activities:

• Wireless Hybrid Enhanced Mobile Radio Estimators - Phase 2 (WHERE2, EU ICT STREP)
• Dependable Navigation (DLR project)
• Galileo Ready Advanced Mass MArket Receiver (GRAMMAR, EU GSA STREP, Coordinator)
• International Conference on Localization and GNSS
• Hybrid and cooperative positioning schemes for wireless communication systems
• Channel estimation and synchronization for OFDM and CDM systems
• Iterative receivers for OFDM systems
  

Former research projects:

• Wireless Hybrid Enhanced Mobile Radio Estimators (WHERE, EU ICT STREP)
• Galileo Advanced Applications (GalileoADAP, DLR project)
• Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)
• Galileo REceivers for mAss markeT (GREAT, European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) project)
• Physical Layer DVB Transmission Optimisation (PLUTO, EU IST STREP)
• Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications (NEWCOM, EU IST network of excellence)
  
• Spectrum and Power Efficient Broadband Communications (COST project 289)
• 4G MC-CDMA Multiple Antenna System on Chip for Radio Enhancements (4MORE, EU IST STREP)
• Broadband Air Interface for 4G Mobile Radio Systems, Phase 2 (DoCoMo project)
  
  

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