Journal Papers
J. Blumenstein, R. Zavorka, J. Vychodil, T. Mikulasek, J. Wojtun, J. M. Kelner, C. Ziolkowski, R. Shukla†, M. Hofer, T. Zemen, Ch. Mecklenbrauker, A. Chandra, and A. Prokes, in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 3669-3673, October 2025, doi.
F. Pasic, M. Mussbah, M. Hofer, S. Caban, S. Schwarz, T. Zemen, M. Rupp, and C. F. Mecklenbräuker, in IEEE Open Journal of the Communication Society, vol. 6, pp. 8190-8208, September 2025, doi.
F. Pasic, M. Hofer, M. Mussbah, S. Sangodoyin, S. Caban, S. Schwarz, T. Zemen, M. Rupp, A. F. Molisch, and C. F. Mecklenbräuker, in IEEE Transaction on Communications, July 2025, doi, early access.
H. Hammoud, Y. Zhang, Z. Cheng, S. Sangodoyin, M. Hofer, F. Pasic, T. Pohl, R. Závorka, A. Prokeš, T. Zemen, C. F. Mecklenbräuker, and A. F. Molisch, in IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Communications, August 2025, early access, doi, arXiv
T. Zemen, J. Gomez-Ponce, A. Chandra, M. Walter, E. Aksoy, R. He, D. Matolak, M. Kim, J. Takada, S. Salous, R. Valenzuela, and A. F. Molisch, in IEEE Communication Magazine, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 106-113, June 2025, doi, arXiv.
A. F. Molisch, C. F. Mecklenbräuker, T. Zemen, A. Prokes, M. Hofer, F. Pasic, and H. Hammoud, in IEEE Open Journal on Vehicular Technology, vol. 6, pp. 520-541, December 2024, invited paper, doi.
H. Hammoud, Y. Zhang, Z. Cheng, S. Sangodoyin, M. Hofer, F. Pasic, T. Pohl, A. Prokeš, T. Zemen, C. F. Mecklenbräuker, and A. F. Molisch, in IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 1, November 2024, doi.
R. Zavorka, T. Mikulasek, J. Vychodil, J. Blumenstein, A. Prokes, P. Horky, A. Chandra, H. Hammoud, J. M. Kelner, C. Henryk Ziółkowski, T. Zemen, C. F. Mecklenbräuker, in IEEE Access, October 2024, doi
D. Löschenbrand, M. Hofer, and T. Zemen, IEEE Communication Letters, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1225 – 1229, April 2023, doi.
H. Groll, P. Gerstoft, M. Hofer, J. Blumenstein, T. Zemen, and C. F. Mecklenbräuker, IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 102334 – 102354, September 2022, doi.
D. Löschenbrand, M. Hofer, L. Bernadó, S. Zelenbaba, and T. Zemen, IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 89232 – 89247, August 2022, doi, arXiv.
A. Val Martí, D. Löschenbrand, M. Hofer, T. Zemen, and B. Schrenk, Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 40, no. 20, pp. 6929-6938, October 2022, doi.
S. Zelenbaba, B. Rainer, M. Hofer, D. Löschenbrand, A. Dakić, L. Bernadó, and T. Zemen, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 112439 – 112453, July 2021, doi, arXiv.
A. Dakić, M. Hofer, B. Rainer, S. Zelenbaba, L. Bernadó, and T. Zemen, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 23202-23217, February 2021, arXiv, doi, Erratum, doi.
D. Milovančev, N. Vokić, D. Löschenbrand, T. Zemen, and B. Schrenk, in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 39, no. 9, pp. 2827 – 2837, September 2021, doi.
Conference Papers
2026
- Near-field channel estimation algorithm for an energy efficient hybrid XL-MIMO system
T. Zemen, H. Radpour, M. Hofer, and T. Wilding in IEEE International Conference on Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processsing (ICASSP), special session on Signal Processing for Extremely Large MIMO (XL-MIMO) Systems, Barcelona, Spain, May 2026, submitted. - Low-cost SDR beamforming for UAV operation beyond visual line of sight
C. Soliveri, A. Dakić, M. Hofer, F. Bruckmüller, C. Sulzbachner, and T. Zemen in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 2026, submitted. - RIS-Enhanced Propagation and Exposure Evaluation in Modern Greenhouses
F. Oliveira Ribas, G. Vermeeren, T. Zemen, M. Djordjevic, H. Radpour, W. Joseph in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Dublin, Ireland, April 2026, submitted. - RIS near field position and velocity estimation using a validated propagation model
T. Zemen, M. F. Keskin, M. Rahal, T. Wilding, H. Radpour, M. Hofer, B. Denis, and H. Wymeersch in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, convened session Advances in Multi-Antenna Channel Sounding and Modeling for 6G: From Far-Field to Near-Field (EuCAP), Dublin, Ireland, April 2026, submitted.
2025
- Angularly-resolved 3D foliage modeling and measurements at 60 and 80 GHz: From stochastic geometry to deterministic channel characterization
J. Blumenstein, R. Zavorka, J. Vychodil, T. Mikulasek, J. Wojtun, J. M. Kelner, C. Ziolkowski, R. Shukla†, M. Hofer, T. Zemen, Ch. Mecklenbrauker, A. Chandra, and A. Prokes, IEEE Global Communications Conference (FNWF), Banglore, India, November 2025, to be presented. - Time-varying Rician K-factor in measured vehicular channels at cmWave and mmWave bands
F. Pasić, M. Hofer, T. Zemen, A. F. Molisch and C. F. Mecklenbäuker in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Stockholm, Sweden, April 2025, doi. - Enabling vehicular mmWave communication links using cmWave direction information
M. Hofer, F. Pasić, B. Rainer, A. Prokeš, C. F. Mecklenbäuker, A. F. Molisch, and T. Zemen, in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Stockholm, Sweden, April 2025, doi. - Site-specific radio channel emulation
A. Dakić, B. Rainer, M. Hofer, and T. Zemen, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Milan, Italy, March 2025, best demo paper award, doi. - Learning without forgetting: Predicting the reliability of V2X wireless communication
A. Dakić, B. Rainer, and T. Zemen, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Milan, Italy, March 2025, doi.
2024
- Reconfigurable intelligent surface for industrial automation: mmWave propagation measurement, simulation, and control algorithm requirements
H. Radpour, M. Hofer, D. Löschenbrand, L. W. Mayer, A. Hofmann, M. Schiefer, and T. Zemen, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Valencia, Spain, September 2024, doi, arXiv. - Similarity of wireless multiband propagation in urban vehicular-to-infrastructure scenarios
M. Hofer, D. Löschenbrand, F. Pasić, D. Radović, B. Rainer, J. Blumenstein, C. F. Mecklenbäuker, S. Sangodoyin, H. Hammoud, G. Matz, A. F. Molisch, and T. Zemen, in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Valencia, Spain, September 2024, doi. - A novel low-cost channel sounder for double-directionally resolved measurements in the mmWave band
H. Hammoud, Y. Zhang, Z. Cheng, S. Sangodoyin, H. Markus, F. Pasic, T. Pohl, A. Prokeš, T. Zemen, C. F. Mecklenbräuker, and A. F. Molisch, in IEEE International Communication Conference (ICC), Denver, CO, USA, June 2024. - Wireless V2X communication testbed for connected, cooperative and automated mobility
A. Dakić, B. Rainer, P. Priller. G. Nan, A. Momić, X. Ye, and T. Zemen, in IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC), Kobe, Japan, May 2024. - Channel estimation for mmWave MIMO using sub-6 GHz out-of-band information
F. Pasic, M. Hofer, M. Mussbah, S. Caban, S. Schwarz, T. Zemen, and C. F. Mecklenbräuker, in IEEE International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SMARTNETS), Harrisonburg, US, May 2024, doi. - Active reconfigurable intelligent surface for the millimeter-wave frequency band: Design and measurement results
H. Radpour, M. Hofer, L. W. Mayer, A. Hofmann, M. Schiefer, and T. Zemen, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 2024, doi, arXiv. - Stationarity of multiband channels for OTFS-based intelligent transportation systems
D. Radovic, F. Pasic, M. Hofer, T. Zemen, and C. F. Mecklenbräuker, in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Glasgow, Scotland, March 2024, doi.
2023
- Photonic frequency translation with EML+TIA enabled down-converting receiver
A. Val Marti, N. Vokić, D. Milocančev, T. Zemen, F. Karinou, and B. Schrenk, in European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Glasgow, UK, October 2023. - Full-duplex coherent analogue mm-wave RoF transmission with simplified RRH and photonic down-conversion of uplink
B. Schrenk, A. Val Marti, T. Zemen, and F. Karinou, in European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Glasgow, UK, October 2023. - Machine learning-based channel prediction for widely distributed massive MIMO with real-world data
D. Löschenbrand, M. Hofer, L. Eller, M. Rupp, and T. Zemen, in Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (ASILOMAR), Pacific Grove, CA, USA, October 2023, invited, doi. - Quantifying the reproducibility of multi-band high speed wireless channel measurements
F. Pasic, M. Hofer, D. Radovic, H. Groll, S. Caban, T. Zemen, and C. F. Mecklenbräuker, in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Toronto, Canada, September 2023. - Machine learning based prediction of frequency hopping spread spectrum signals
P. Thiele, L. Bernadó, D. Löschenbrand, B. Rainer, C. Sulzbachner, M. Leitner, T. Zemen, in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Toronto, Canada, September 2023. - Frame error rate prediction for non-stationary wireless vehicular communication links
A. Dakić, B. Rainer, M. Hofer, and T. Zemen, in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Toronto, Canada, September 2023, doi, arXiv. - Stationarity evaluation of high-mobility sub-6 GHz and mmWave non-WSSUS channels
D. Radovic, F. Pasic, M. Hofer, H. Groll, C. F. Mecklenbräucker, and T. Zemen, in URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), Sapporo, Japan, August 2023, doi. - Statistical evaluation of delay and doppler spreads in sub-6 GHz and mmWave vehicular channels
F. Pasic, M. Hofer, M. Mussbah, H. Groll, T. Zemen, S. Schwarz, and C. F. Mecklenbräuker, in Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC SPRING), Florence, Italy, June 2023. - Massive MIMO channel measurements for a railway station scenario
M. Hofer, D. Löschenbrand, S. Zelenbaba, G. Humer, B. Rainer, and T. Zemen, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Glasgow, Scotland, March 2023, doi. - Hardware-in-the-loop framework for testing wireless V2X communication
A. Dakić, B. Rainer, M. Hofer, S. Zelenbaba, S. Teschl, G. Nan, P. Priller, X. Ye, and T. Zemen, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Glasgow, Scotland, March 2023, doi. - Measurement-based command and control radio channel characterisation for UAVs
L. Bernadó, D. Löschenbrand, C. Sulzbachner, F. Bruckmüller, and T. Zemen, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Glasgow, Scotland, March 2023.
2022
- Wireless digital twin for assessing the reliability of vehicular communication links
S. Zelenbaba, B. Rainer, M. Hofer, and T. Zemen, in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2022, doi. - WiLi – vehicular wireless channel dataset enriched with LiDAR and radar data
B. Rainer, S. Zelenbaba, A. Dakić, M. Hofer, D. Löschenbrand, T. Zemen, X. Ye, G. Nan, S. Teschl, P. Priller, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2022, doi. - Intelligent transportation systems in the context of 5G-beyond and 6G networks
I. Kilanioti, G. Rizzo, B. M. Masini, A. Bazzi, D. P. M. Osorio, F. Linsalata, M. Magarini, D. Löschenbrand, T. Zemen, and A. Kliks in IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2022. - Wireless 3 GHz and 30 GHz vehicle-to-vehicle measurements in an urban street scenario
M. Hofer, D. Löschenbrand, S. Zelenbaba, A. Dakić, B. Rainer, and T. Zemen, in IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), London:Beijing, September 2022, doi - FM-CW LiDAR for proximity sensing applications integrating an alignment-tolerant FSO data channel
A. Val Marti, T. Zemen, and B. Schrenk, in European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Basel, Switzerland, September 2022. - Radio beamsteering for a 2×5 remote radio head assisted by a shared wideband etalon cascade
A. Val Marti, D. Löschenbrand, T. Zemen, and B. Schrenk, in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), San Diego USA, March 2022. - Hybrid CAP / mm-wave OFDM vector modulation for photonic frequency conversion in a single-sideband feeder
A. Val Marti, N. Vokić, T. Zemen, and B. Schrenk, in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), San Diego USA, March 2022.
2021
- A highly reliable ultralow-latency wireless solution for industrial control loops: Design and evaluation
G. Kail, H. Muhr, J. Gila, M. Schiefer, R. Hladik, M. Hofer, S. Zelenbaba, and T. Zemen, in Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (ASILOMAR), hybrid conference, Pacific Grove (CA), USA, November 2021. - Hybrid analogue / digitized radio-over-fibre downlink through orthogonal optical mm-Wave and 10Gb/s baseband transport
A. Val Marti, N. Vokić, M. Hofer, D. Milovančev, T. Zemen, and B. Schrenk, in European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Bordeaux, France, September 2021. - Wireless vehicular multiband measurements in centimeterwave and millimeterwave bands
M. Hofer, D. Löschenbrand, J. Blumenstein, H. Groll, S. Zelenbaba, B. Rainer, L. Bernadó, J. Vychodil, T. Mikulasek, E. Zöchmann, S. Sangodoyin, H. Hammoud, R. Langwieser, S. Pratschner, A. Prokeš, A. Molisch, C. F. Mecklenbräuker, and T. Zemen, in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), virtual conference, September 2021. - Scalable, resource and locality-aware selection of active scatterers in geometry-based stochastic channel models
B. Rainer, M. Hofer, S. Zelenbaba, D. Löschenbrand, T. Zemen, X. Ye, and P. Priller, in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), virtual conference, September 2021.
Doctoral THesis
Reliability testing of wireless vehicular communication
Anja Dakić, Doctoral Thesis, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, October 2025.
Design and evaluation of advanced photonic radio heads for next-generation wireless networks
Aina Val Martí, Doctoral Thesis, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, jointly with B. Schrenk, November 2024.
Widely distributed massive MIMO communication systems for high mobility users
David Löschenbrand, Doctoral Thesis, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, March 2024.
Digital twin for reliable wireless communications
Stefan Zelenbaba, Doctoral Thesis, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, October 2022.
Master Thesis
6G broadband radio channel measurement system
M. N. Rafan, Master thesis, University of Ferrara, jointly with G. Bellanca and M. Hofer, July 2025.
Ray tracing based 6G reflective intelligent surface modelling
S. Sandh, Master thesis, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, Dec. 2023.Geometry based stochastic radio channel modelling for railway communications
I. D’Amante, Master thesis, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, jointly with M. Hofer, Dec. 2023.
Electronic beamforming for reliable UAV communication links
C. Soliveri, Master thesis, Université Côte d´ Azur, June 2023, jointly with J. Lanteri and D. Löschenbrand.Supervised machine learning for pattern recognition of frequency hopping spread spectrum communication
P. Thiele, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2022, jointly with M. Leitner and L. Bernadó