Sustainable Communication Networks

  • The ComNets Team 2025

    ComNets staff

  • The ComNets Team

    Staff and student workers 2024

  • mAInZaun in Abu Dhabi

    We presented part of our mAInZaun Project at the EWSN'24 in Abu Dhabi!

  • Cameroonian Scientists

    Visit by Cameroonian guest scientists at ComNets Bremen.

  • Visit from Sri Lanka

    Researchers from Sri Lanka visiting ComNets

  • Visiting Students

    Guest students from Sri Lanka doing a research internship

  • Talk in Delmenhorst

    Presentation of Cameroonian guest scientist at Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) in Delmenhorst

  • Further Improving Research and Teaching

    Joint Retreat between ComNets Bremen and ComNets Technical University Hamburg-Harburg

  • International Workshop "Advanced ICT for Tropical Medicine"

    Bridging medicine and computer science.

New ComNets Webpage online!

Sustainable Communication Networks: Insights, Projects, and Updates

We have a new digital home for the Sustainable Communication Networks! We have gathered our latest insights and projects into one streamlined space and we are proud to finally share it with you.

Curious? Visit the new webpage:

➡️ comnets-bremen.de

Mehr erfahren: New ComNets Webpage online!
MoleNet

ComNets Bremen: Who are we?

The main research focus of the Sustainable Communication Networks group at the University of Bremen is design and performance analysis of communication networks and their protocols. This includes the implementation of prototypes as well as performance studies by mathematical analysis and simulation. The main keywords are: sensor networks, opportunistic networks, future internet. An important aspect across all reseach projects is sustainability in a two-fold aspect, i.e. how communication networks can enhance the sustainability of networking applications, and how the network itself can be designed in a sustainable way. Research projects are mainly funded by national and international government institutions.

The group consists of several post-docs as well as fully employed research assistants working on research projects and their doctoral thesis. Additionally there is a small technical and assisting team and many students working as student workers or doing their thesis.

 

Contacting Prof. Anna Förster

Office hour

In general, every Thursday, 14-15, online. You can directly join this Zoom link, please note that there is a waiting room and that I cannot guarantee that I am available every week. You are welcome to join to discuss your studies, to ask questions about ongoing and prospective projects and theses, etc.

Meeting ID: 686 1245 6318

Passcode: 

In urgent matters, write an email.

News


Ein Loch wurde in die Rasenfläche gegraben. Man sieht einen Bodenfeuchtesensor, ein paar Leerrohre, ein wenig Kabel etc. Der Sensor wird im nächsten Schritt im Loch platziert.

Meilenstein für MoleNet: Das Testfeld

Molenet erreicht den nächsten Meilenstein! Die ersten Sensoren sind im Testfeld an der Uni Bremen vergraben und sammeln nun wichtige Daten zu Bodenfeuchtigkeit, Leitfähigkeit und Temperatur. Diese sind nun die Basis für viele folgende Experimente.

Mehr erfahren: Meilenstein für MoleNet: Das Testfeld

Eine MoleNet Leiterplatte vor einem Acker in Luftaufnahme sowie der Text "Just arrived: MoleNet 6.3" (Frisch eingetroffen: MoleNet 6.3)

MoleNet 6.3 ist in Bremen angekommen!

Nach ein paar kleinen Anpassungen sind nun die ersten Leiterplatten von MoleNet Version 6.3 in Bremen eingetroffen und warten auf ihren Einsatz!

Mehr erfahren: MoleNet 6.3 ist in Bremen angekommen!

nala-ai: AquAlert meets FlunaKI

Can AI save our rivers? The project partners of AquAlert and FlunaKI are sure: Yes, it can! On the 22nd March, the World Water Day, the first joint sensor node was placed in the Aue river to assess river health through continuous measurement of water parameters.

Mehr erfahren: nala-ai: AquAlert meets FlunaKI

Two students are working on one IoT device. One can see the device, the hands and their computers.

New course started: Internet of Tings (IoT)

Over 30 students at Universität Bremen registered for our intensive 2-week IoT course. Learn from global experts on 5G, 802.15.4 with 6TiSCH, WiFi, LoRa, Arduino, and more.

Mehr erfahren: New course started: Internet of Tings (IoT)

Ein 3D Rendering unserer Leiterplatte

Current MoleNet status

Our MoleNet platform is widely used by our students who are doing their research in IoT. Now, we have made a step forward regarding the next hardware version.

Mehr erfahren: Current MoleNet status

Eine Leiterplatte mit dem Schriftzug "ComNets Uni Bremen"

Talk: Pervasive Systems at a Glance

The Department of Sustainable Communication Networks had the pleasure to welcome Prof. Paul Havinga and Prof. Nirvana Meratnia from the University of Twente, Netherlands, for a Talk on Pervasive Systems.

Mehr erfahren: Talk: Pervasive Systems at a Glance