Fredrik Brännström

Professor, Head of Communication Systems Group, Electrical Engineering

+46 31 772 17 87 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4856-3422

Fredrik Brännström is Professor and Head of Communication Systems Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. He received the M.Sc. degree from Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in Communication Theory from the Department of Computer Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2004. From 2004 to 2006, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology. From 2006 to 2010, he was a Principal Design Engineer with Quantenna Communications, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA. He was a recipient of the 2013 IEEE Communication Theory Workshop Best Poster Award. In 2014, he received the Department of Signals and Systems Best Teacher Award. He has co-authored the papers that received the 2016 and 2017 Best Student Conference Paper and the 2018 Best Student Journal Paper, all awarded by the IEEE Sweden Joint VT-COM-IT Chapter. His current research interests include algorithms, resource allocation, synchronization, antenna concepts, and protocol design for vehicular communication systems, as well as different applications of coding.

Find me: E-building, Maskingränd 2, floor 6Ö, room 6407

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​Ph.D. students

  • Ph.D. student Chouaib Bencheikh Lehocine, Nov. 2017 – present.
    “Signal Processing and Antenna Concepts for Reliable 5G Vehicle Communication,”
    Main supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström, co-supervisor: Prof. Erik Ström

  • Ph.D. student Roman Sokolovskii, Oct. 2017 – present.
    “Reliable Uncoordinated Medium Access for Critical Low-Latency Communication,”
    Main supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström, co-supervisor: Prof. Alex Graell i Amat

  • Ph.D. student Jesper Pedersen, Sept. 2015 – present.
    “Wireless Distributed Caching,”
    Main supervisor: Prof. Alex Graell i Amat, co-supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström

  • Ph.D. student Anver Hisham, (Lic. Eng. Nov. 2017), Sept. 2014 – present.
    “On Power Control and Scheduling to Mitigate Adjacent Channel Interference in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication,”
    Main supervisor: Prof. Erik Ström, co-supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström

  • Ph.D. student Erik M. Steinmetz (Lic. Eng. Oct. 2015), Dec. 2012 – present.
    “Benchmarking and Metrology of Heterogeneous Cooperative Navigation,”
    Main supervisor: Prof. Henk Wymeersch, co-supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström (since Oct. 2015)

  • Ph.D. student Keerthi Nagalapur (Lic. Eng. Nov. 2015, PhD June 2018).
    “Robust Vehicular Communications for Traffic Safety – Channel Estimation and Multiantenna Schemes,”     Main supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström, co-supervisor: Prof. Erik Ström

  • Ph.D. student Mikhail Ivanov (Lic. Eng. Dec. 2013, PhD Sept. 2016).
    “Bit-Wise Decoders for Coded Modulation and Broadcast Coded Slottet ALOHA,”
    Main supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström, co-supervisor: Prof. Alex Graell i Amat

  • Ph.D. student Wanlu Sun (Lic. Eng. Dec. 2013, PhD June 2016).
    “On Medium Access Control for Vehicular Communication over Device-to-Device Links: Radio Resource Management and Network Synchronization,”
    Main supervisor: Prof. Erik Ström, co-supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström

  • Ph.D. student Christian Häger (Lic. Eng. May 2014, PhD May 2016).
    “Analysis and Design of Spatially-Coupled Codes with Application to Fiber-Optical Communications,”
    Main supervisor: Prof. Alex Graell i Amat, co-supervisor: Prof. Fredrik Brännström

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Department of Electrical Engineering
Chalmers University of Technology
SE - 412 96 Gothenburg
Sweden

Visiting address (click to see a map):
E-building, Maskingränd 2, floor 6Ö, room 6407

Email: fredrik.brannstrom@chalmers.se
Phone: +46 31 - 772 1787
Mobile: +46 70 - 872 1685

Published: Mon 20 Aug 2012. Modified: Wed 10 Oct 2018