Marco Gunia

© Marco Gunia

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Mr Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Inf. Marco Gunia

Positioning and Sensor Systems

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Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory

Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory

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Education

• 2023                      Dissertation in Electrical Engineering (TU Dresden)

  • Dissertation "Analyse und Design verschiedenartiger Positionierungssysteme, deren Zusammenführung sowie Vorhersage zukünftiger Positionen und Trajektorien"

• Since 2014           Research associate at the Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory (Faculty of Electrical And Computer Engineering)

• 2010-2013            Research associate at the Chair of VLSI Design, Diagnostics and Architecture (Faculty of Computer Science)

• 2006-2014            Diploma in Electrical Engineering (TU Dresden)
  • Diploma thesis "Erweiterung der Trace-Hardware eines Mikroprozessors für die Fehlerinjektion und Fehlerbeobachtung"
• 2002-2009            Diploma in Computer Science (TU Dresden)
  • Diploma thesis "Analyse der Maßstabilität des 36nm Double Patterning Processes" (Qimonda Dresden)

Publications

44 Entries

2026

• Decimetre-Accurate Positioning using Channel Sounding and UWB: Does RSS still play a Role?Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 17 Aug 2026, In: IEEE AccessElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• A Novel Method for Two-Way Ranging to Mitigate Phase Offset in Bluetooth Channel SoundingWu, Y., Gunia, M., Figueroa, A. & Ellinger, F., 14 Aug 2026, In: IEEE Access. 2026, 14, p. 1-15, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Organising Your Data - Setting up a Database for Signal, Distance, Angle and Position MeasurementsGunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 31 Jul 2026, 15th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies (MOCAST). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• RSSI Indoor Localization System Based on Clustering for Asset Management in Medical FacilitiesEl Agroudy, N., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., Jun 2026, Advances in Digital Health and Medical Bioengineering 2: Health Technology Assessment, Biomedical Signal Processing, Medicine and Informatics. Costin, H., Magjarevic, R. & Petroiu, G. G. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media B.V., Vol. 2. p. 15-25, 11 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• A 120 Gb/s Active Balun for High Data Rate Broadband Measurements in 130 nm SiGeGarraud, L. H., Dürrwald, F. A., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 25 May 2026, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine. p. 1-4, 4 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
• A Hybrid Phase-Based Ranging and Ultra-Wideband Positioning SystemGunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 2026, European Wireless 2026. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1-6, 6 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• A Modular Secondary FMCW Radar at 5.8 GHz Using Commercial Off-the-Shelf ComponentsSchillig, F., Gunia, M., Mohr, N. & Ellinger, F., 2026, 21st International Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronic. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1-4, 4 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
• Channel Sounding: Metrological Exploration of the Design Options using Related Positioning SystemsGunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 2026, In: IEEE Access. 14, p. 18913-18928, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2025

• Design of a Fast-Switchable Three-Stage GaN Doherty PA for High DC-to-RF EfficiencyBecker, M. G., Krämer, R., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 25 Sep 2025, 2025 55th European Microwave Conference (EuMC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1905-1908, 4 p., 11235119Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• Fast-Switchable 3.6 GHz GaN Doherty Power Amplifier for Energy-Efficient Non-Continuous Transmission of 256-QAM SignalsBecker, M. G., Krämer, R., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., Jun 2025, 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1095-1098, 4 p., 11103849Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

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Teaching

Theory- and Lab-Tutorials for lecture Integrated Circuits for Broadband Communications.

Tasks and Projects

• Head of group Positioning and Sensor Systems (PSS)
  • Current group members:
    • Dr.-Ing. Naglaa El-Agroudy
    • Emily Walter
    • Nils Mohr
    • Dr.-Ing. Arezoo Zarif
    • Dr.-Ing. Seyyedmohsen Seyyedrezaei
    • Yan Wu (external at company Metirionic)
  • Former group members:
    • Dr.-Ing. Belal Al-Qudsi
    • Dr.-Ing. Tom Drechsel
    • Dr.-Ing. Maximilian Becker
    • Lars Garraud
• Design for energy-efficient secondary radar system for pedestrian detection at street intersections [5.8 GHz] (Project: DistriMuSe)

Completed Projects

• Radar system design for pedestrian detection at street intersections [76 GHz, 81 GHz] (Project: NextPerception)
• Specification and system design for FMCW-radar [76 GHz, 81 GHz] (Project: IPCEI)
• Design of the hazard identification module for real-time wireless communication between vehicles and infrastructure (Project: FastTraffic)
• System design and simulation for seamless hybrid positioning system (Project: MAGELLAN)
• Setup of von Bachelor and Master study programs in Central Asia  (Project: HEICA)

Topics for Student (SA) / Project (PA) / Bachelor (BA) / Diploma (DA) / Master (MA) Thesis

• Design of a Direction of Arrival (DoA) -based positioning system, with the potential for reusing an Angle of Arrival (AoA) -based system already designed at the chair (SA/BA/PA)
  
  Sub tasks:
  • Familiarisation with both system concepts and the design of the DoA-based system.
  • Comparison of both systems with respect to possible improvements.
• Design of an accurate positioning system by means of the Channel State Information (CSI) of commercial WiFi network cards (SA/BA/PA)
  
  Sub tasks:
  • Putting a Linux base station into operation with the help of the Intel 5300 chips
  • Implementation of Angle-of-Arrival Ansatzes by means of the MUSIC algorithm

Ongoing Thesis

2026

• Nikolas Klausner (SA): Analyse und Entwurf eines Bluetooth® Channel-Sounding Systems zur phasenbasierten Abstandsmessung mittels kommerzieller Komponenten

Completed Thesis

2026

• Fabian Schillig (SA): Analyse und Entwurf eines sekundären FMCW-Radarsystems zur Abstandsmessung bei 5,8 GHz unter Verwendung kommerzieller Komponenten (supervision together with Nils Mohr)

2025

• Nils Mohr (DA): Analyse und Entwurf eines energieeffizienten Leistungsverstärkers für ein sekundäres FMCW-Radarsytem bei 5,8 GHz (supervision together with Emily Walter)

2024

• Hagen Fuhrmann (SA): Analyse und Entwurf von Doherty Verstärkern im Hinblick auf eine Optimierung durch maschinelles Lernen (supervision together with Robert Krämer)

2021

• Zhenli Liu (DA): Analysis on performance critical steps on machine learning framework and transfer to OpenCL

2019

• Julio Barroeta Esteban (BA): User trajectory prediction by means of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)
• Adrian Zinke (DA): Design eines Angle of Arrival basierten Positionierungssystem unter Nutzung kommerzieller integrierter Schaltungen

2018

• Adrian Zinke (SA): Design eines phasenbasierten Positionierungssystems
• Yibo Lu (MA): Analyse von Ansätzen des maschinellen Lernens für nahtlose Positionierung
• Min Liu (SA): Analyse eines Intertial Navigation System für Android-Plattformen

2017

• Yibo Lu (BA): Messung der Lokalisierungsqualitat für Wireless LAN mithilfe eines Environmental Scanners
• Bo Zhang (MA): Vergleich verschiedener WLAN-Lokalisierungsalgorithmen
• Jiaying Wang (SA): Design und Inbetriebnahme der Tags eines Bluetooth-Lokalisierungssystems
• Jun Xu (MA): Analysis of Fingerprinting Approaches in Indoor Localization based on WLAN

2016

• Yan Wu (DA): Design and Analysis of an Inertial Navigations System for Android-based Systems
• Chen Chen (MA): Design and Analysis of Filters for People Tracking
• Jun Xu (BA): Design and Analysis of a seamless Indoor and Outdoor Positioning System based on GPS and WLAN

2015

• Huanyu Guan (MA): Design of an Indoor Localization System based on RSSI of WLAN