NRC Bochum System Research

History of NRC Bochum System Research

NRC Bochum was founded in 1996 and has since then successfully completed numerous projects with research and industry partners.

• The receiver for the dominant mobile TV technology DVB-H has been developed here.
• The first 3G call has been made possible using our work to emulate the software running in the core cellular network element, the radio network controller.
• NRC Bochum has co-developed and implemented the TTCN-3 programming language that has been adopted by ETSI as a standard.
  Recent conformance specifications released by ETSI are written in this language.
• The software for the miniature harddisk in the Nokia N91 has been developed by NRC Bochum.
• Basic research and first prototypes for the next generation celular system beyond 3G, LTE (long-term evolution), have been successfully completed at NRC Bochum.

NRC Bochum Research Teams

• NRC Bochum is part of Nokia's global network of system research centers.
• Our mission is to renew Nokia by leveraging the unique and dense German R&D eco-system -
  high-profile research institutes, key universities and industry leaders.
• The Physical Mobility Applications team explores new business opportunities by modeling environmental domains
  and developing interactions with the virtual world.
  Team leader: Marc Hoffmann
• The Automotive System Solutions team develops solutions in the area of automotive and transportation systems
  and performs research for automatically generated maps and points-of-interest.
  Team leader: André Kaufmann
• The Intuitive Mobile Multimedia Systems team creates disruptive systems and services for e-publishing,
  content management and distributed rendering of multimedia information.
  Team leader: Dirk Uffmann
• The Logistics Contributing Solutions team exploits opportunities of mobile networking, smart terminals and
  intelligent object identification for advanced mobile logistics solutions.
  Team leader: Reimund Wittmann
• The Incubation team consists of experienced senior researchers and actively defines the NRC Bochum research strategy.
  It constantly seeks for new business concepts as well as research and industry partners.
  The incubators provide technical guidance across team boundaries and work closely with the research team leaders.
• We are always recruiting talented students for internships, BSc / MSc or diploma theses.
  If you are interested, please contact Nomiko e.V., our partner for managing student contracts.

Location

• NRC Bochum is located in the Ruhr area as part of the bigger Nokia campus in Bochum.
• The Ruhr area is one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe and known as a vibrant melting-pot of cultural diversity. It is Europe's Cultural Capital 2010.
• It has re-invented itself by moving from traditional heavy industries to high technology areas and services like
  material sciences, nanotechnologies, biomedical engineering, advanced logistics and communications.
• The Ruhr metropolitan area provides the highest concentration of universities and research institutes in Europe.