Thomas Wirth

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 863 citations indexed

About

Thomas Wirth is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Wirth has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 863 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Wirth's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (22 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (11 papers) and Advanced Wireless Network Optimization (8 papers). Thomas Wirth is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (22 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (11 papers) and Advanced Wireless Network Optimization (8 papers). Thomas Wirth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. Thomas Wirth's co-authors include Bernd Holfeld, Dennis Wieruch, Lars Thiele, David Grace, Sithamparanathan Kandeepan, Isabelle Bucaille, Laurent Reynaud, Karina Gomez, Tinku Rasheed and Sathyanarayanan Chandrasekharan and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and Frequenz.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Wirth

33 papers receiving 838 citations

Hit Papers

Designing and implementing future aerial communication ne... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Designing and implementing future aerial communication networks
    2016 313 citations Karina Gomez, Sithamparanathan Kandeepan et al. IEEE Communications Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Wirth Germany 12 640 463 357 57 49 34 863
Debarati Sen India 10 873 1.4× 294 0.6× 413 1.2× 43 0.8× 36 0.7× 112 1.1k
Kwang Soon Kim South Korea 16 1.1k 1.7× 463 1.0× 339 0.9× 30 0.5× 41 0.8× 83 1.3k
Andrey Samuylov Finland 16 767 1.2× 357 0.8× 156 0.4× 32 0.6× 54 1.1× 47 923
Zhi Yan China 17 764 1.2× 658 1.4× 171 0.5× 32 0.6× 30 0.6× 41 978
José A. García‐Naya Spain 20 984 1.5× 244 0.5× 587 1.6× 45 0.8× 71 1.4× 112 1.3k
Ebrahim Bedeer Canada 16 704 1.1× 494 1.1× 312 0.9× 90 1.6× 45 0.9× 61 978
Shengqian Han China 18 1.4k 2.2× 539 1.2× 431 1.2× 48 0.8× 30 0.6× 73 1.6k
Manuel Ricardo Portugal 14 459 0.7× 633 1.4× 147 0.4× 38 0.7× 42 0.9× 113 820
Florian Kaltenberger France 19 1.2k 1.9× 753 1.6× 278 0.8× 38 0.7× 57 1.2× 119 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Wirth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Wirth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Wirth based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thomas Wirth. Thomas Wirth is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fehrenbach, T., et al.. (2018). URLLC Services in 5G Low Latency Enhancements for LTE. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–6. 34 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Proof-of-concept of flexible massive MIMO beamforming at 2.4 GHz. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1061–1065. 7 indexed citations
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Gomez, Karina, Sithamparanathan Kandeepan, Tinku Rasheed, et al.. (2016). Aerial base stations with opportunistic links for next generation emergency communications. IEEE Communications Magazine. 54(4). 31–39. 49 indexed citations
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Holfeld, Bernd, Dennis Wieruch, Leszek Raschkowski, et al.. (2016). Radio channel characterization at 5.85 GHz for wireless M2M communication of industrial robots. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–7. 42 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Real-Time Demonstration of Optimized Spectrum Usage with LSA Carrier Aggregation. Frequenz. 70(7-8). 1 indexed citations
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Wieruch, Dennis, Peter Jung, Thomas Wirth, Armin Dekorsy, & Thomas Haustein. (2016). Cognitive Radios Exploiting Gray Spaces via Compressed Sensing. Frequenz. 70(7-8). 1 indexed citations
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Holfeld, Bernd, et al.. (2015). Smart Grid Communications: LTE Outdoor Field Trials at 450 MHz. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–5. 7 indexed citations
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Mochaourab, Rami, Bernd Holfeld, & Thomas Wirth. (2015). Distributed Channel Assignment in Cognitive Radio Networks: Stable Matching and Walrasian Equilibrium. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 14(7). 3924–3936. 52 indexed citations
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Wieruch, Dennis, Peter Jung, Thomas Wirth, & Armin Dekorsy. (2015). Determining user specific spectrum usage via sparse channel characteristics. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 115. 155–159.
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Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2014). System level performance of cellular networks utilizing ASA/LSA mechanisms. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–5. 4 indexed citations
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Holfeld, Bernd, Rami Mochaourab, & Thomas Wirth. (2013). Stable Matching for Adaptive Cross-Layer Scheduling in the LTE Downlink. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–5. 17 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thomas, Yago Sánchez, Bernd Holfeld, & Thomas Schierl. (2012). Advanced downlink LTE radio resource management for HTTP-streaming. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1037–1040. 12 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2010). Scalable video broadcasting trials in 4G cellular deployments. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2010). LTE Amplify and Forward Relaying for Indoor Coverage Extension. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–5. 11 indexed citations
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Thiele, Lars, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Haustein, et al.. (2009). A unified feedback scheme for distributed interference management in cellular systems: Benefits and challenges for real-time implementation. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1489–1493. 10 indexed citations
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Thiele, Lars, Malte Schellmann, Thomas Wirth, & Volker Jungnickel. (2009). Interference-Aware Scheduling in the Synchronous Cellular Multi-Antenna Downlink. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1. 1–6. 8 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thomas, Venkatkumar Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, & Rüdiger Halfmann. (2009). LTE-Advanced Relaying for Outdoor Range Extension. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–4. 37 indexed citations
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Jungnickel, Volker, Konstantinos Manolakis, Lars Thiele, Thomas Wirth, & Thomas Haustein. (2009). Handover Sequences for Interference-Aware Transmission in Multicell MIMO Networks. 6 indexed citations
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Thiele, Lars, Malte Schellmann, Thomas Wirth, & Volker Jungnickel. (2008). On the value of synchronous downlink MIMO-OFDMA systems with linear equalizers. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1. 428–432. 10 indexed citations
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Pries, Rastin, et al.. (2006). QoS Traffic in Wireless LAN Overlapping Cells. 1–7. 4 indexed citations

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