IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
15-19 April 2019 // Marrakech, Morocco
Touch through Wireless

Panelists

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Panelists bios

Panel #1 - 5G Test-beds for Deployment of 5G Networks & Innovative Use Cases.

Organizers

Dr Fisseha Mekuria, Chief Research Scientist, CSIR Meraka ICT Institute, South Africa.

He leads the 5G and Affordable Broadband Networks research at the CSIR. He is the proponent of a 4th leg for the 5G standards aimed at technologies for addressing the next billion unconnected population and promoting digital inclusion. He has a PhD from Linköping University, in Sweden, and has worked for 10 years as senior research Engineer at Ericsson Mobile Communications R&D lab in Sweden, where he developed over 12 US/EPO patents. He has published over 60 peer reviewed publications, worked with mobile and internet service industry: Setting up next generation network labs, Development of mobile applications programming courses, Network resource sharing for affordable broadband connectivity, and development of telecom regulatory frameworks and capacity building for telecom regulators in Africa. He is at present working on disruptive 5G research in dynamic spectrum sharing and extending 5G to accommodate affordable broadband network technologies and setting up 5G test-beds for testing relevant use cases and accelerate a smooth migration to 5G. The group lead by him has successfully completed the international qualification process and standardization of white space spectrum databases in collaboration with the UK Ofcom regulator and is working on developing smart spectrum toolboxes for 5G use cases. He is a member of advisory board for a number of EU FP7 projects and is a Judge for the GSMA global mobile awards in support of Green technologies for future wireless networks. Dr Mekuria is also involved in postgraduate research development in wireless communications with a number of African universities through his engagement as Adj. Professor at the University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Science, South Africa.

Prof. Youngnam Han, Director 5G Wise, KAIST, Republic of South Korea

Prof Y. Han is Director 5G wise Lab, at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science & Technology (KAIST) republic of Korea. He is the principal investigator for the 5G Testbed Initiative sponsored by the Korean Government. He was also involved as past member as the steering committee Chair of the 5G Forum, Korea. He is an active member of the IEEE future wireless networks, COMSOC and was general Chair, IEEE VTC Spring 2014, Seoul, Korea. He has been the technical program committee-TPC Chair, IEEE VTC 2002, Jeju, Korea.

Panelists

Peter Zimri, Councillor, ICASA, South Africa

Prof Y. Han is Director 5G wise Lab, at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science & Technology (KAIST) republic of Korea. He is the principal investigator for the 5G Testbed Initiative sponsored by the Korean Government. He was also involved as past member as the steering committee Chair of the 5G Forum, Korea. He is an active member of the IEEE future wireless networks, COMSOC and was general Chair, IEEE VTC Spring 2014, Seoul, Korea. He has been the technical program committee-TPC Chair, IEEE VTC 2002, Jeju, Korea.

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