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2024

Breaking Authentication in the Iridium Network
Author:	Max Lill
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Eric Jedermann, Jens Schmitt
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2022

Security Analysis of Device-Authentication in the Iridium Satellite Network
Author:	Michele Klein
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Eric Jedermann, Jens Schmitt
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2021

Generalized Process Sharing in the Stochastic Network Calculus
Author:	Lukas Wildberger
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Jens Schmitt, Paul Nikolaus
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Application of Network Calculus in IEEE Time-Sensitive Networks: Modeling and End-to-End Analysis
Author:	Anja Hamscher
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Jens Schmitt, Paul Nikolaus
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Towards an Improved Performance Analysis of Deficit Round Robin in the Network Calculus
Author:	Vlad-Cristian Constantin
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Jens Schmitt, Paul Nikolaus
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2020

On Practical Considerations of the Statistical Network Calculus: Data Aggregation, Traffic Analysis, and Backlog Bounds
Author:	Meris Honsic
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Jens Schmitt, Paul Nikolaus
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On Practical Considerations of the Statistical Network Calculus: Traffic Measurement, Distribution Fitting, and Backlog Bounds
Author:	Ken Klapp
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Jens Schmitt, Paul Nikolaus
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2019

Design of a secure e-bike control based on Bluetooth Low Energy
Author:	Eric Jedermann
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Lukas Tremper (Sigma-Elektro Neustadt), Jens Schmitt
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Cooperative Aviation Security Models for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Author:	Johannes Jaeckel
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Carolina Nogueira, Jens Schmitt
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Evaluation of Design Aspects of Data Link Layer Fingerprinting of Aircraft Transponders
Author:	David Staub
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Matthias Schäfer, Jens Schmitt
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2018

Authentication and Integrity for ADS-B: Design and Implementation of a Security Model for Air Traffic Control Signals
Author:	Markus Fögen
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Carolina Nogueira, Jens Schmitt
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2017

Deterministic Performance Analysis of FIFO-multiplexing Feed-forward Networks
Author:	Alexander Scheffler
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Steffen Bondorf, Jens Schmitt
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Modelling and Analysis of Timing Constraints of an Industrial Control System
Author:	Malte Schütze
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Mathias Kreider (GSI Darmstadt), Jens Schmitt
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2016

Stochastic Performance Bounds for Independent Regulated Traffic in Queueing Networks
Author:	Paul Nikolaus
Form:	Master Thesis, jointly with the Department of Mathematics
Advisor:	Ralf Korn, Jens Schmitt
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2015

DiscoWall: Design And Implementation Of A Firewall For Android Phones
Author:	Brian Tewanima Löwe
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Matthias Schäfer, Jens Schmitt
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2014

Design und Evaluierung eines mobilen ADS-B Empfängers
Author:	Markus Gräb
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Matthias Schäfer, Jens Schmitt
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2013

Applying Stochastic Network Calculus in Scenarios with Incomplete Knowledge
Author:	Sebastian Henningsen
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Michael Beck, Jens Schmitt
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Design and Analysis of VeriFly - A Trajectory Verification Method based on RSS sampling
Author:	Matthias Schäfer
Form:	Master Thesis, jointly with the Department of Computer Science of the University of Oxford
Advisor:	Ivan Martinovic, Jens Schmitt
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2012

Who do you sync you are? Smartphone Fingerprinting based on Application Behaviour
Author:	Tim Stöber
Form:	Master Thesis, jointly with the Department of Computer Science of the University of Oxford
Advisor:	Ivan Martinovic, Jens Schmitt
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Design and Implementation of an Android-based Botnet
Author:	Andreas Borgwart
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Jens Schmitt
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Effects and Factors of Network Instability
Author:	Daniel S. Berger
Form:	Bachelor Thesis, jointly with the Networks and Distributed Systems Group, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Advisor:	Martin Karsten, Jens Schmitt
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2011

DISCOmfort: A Tool For Practical Security Analysis Of Mifare RFID Systems
Author:	Markus Fuchs
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Ivan Martinovic, Jens Schmitt
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2010

Efficient Wireless Traffic Classification using Software-defined Radio
Author:	Gregor Dschung
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Ivan Martinovic, Matthias Wilhelm, Jens Schmitt
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Implementierung einer funkbasierten Schlüsselgenerierung für drahtlose Sensornetzwerke
Author:	Matthias Schäfer
Form:	Bachelor Thesis
Advisor:	Matthias Wilhelm, Jens Schmitt
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2009

Implementation and Analysis of a Key Generation Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Author:	Matthias Wilhelm
Form:	Diploma Thesis
Advisor:	Ivan Martinovic, Jens Schmitt
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Wireless Network Calculus - Modeling and Analyzing Retransmission-based Wireless Link using Network Calculus
Author:	Hao Wang
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Jens Schmitt
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Computation of Tight Bounds in Networks of Arbitrary Schedulers
Author:	Andreas Kiefer
Form:	Master Thesis
Advisor:	Jens Schmitt
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