Sassan Ahmadi

A visionary, technical leader, inventor, and experienced wireless and RF systems architect with over 36 years of experience in technology development, product design/implementation, standardization of advanced wireless/cellular technologies, RF transceivers, antenna arrays, and wireless SoCs. Technical adviser to wireless industry and a lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Previously held senior positions at AMD/Xilinx, Apple, Intel, and Nokia; authored three recent books on advanced wireless communications; and published over one hundred patents and patent applications with several designated as essential patents in 4G and 5G specifications and forthcoming 6G technologies. Areas of Expertise: - 3GPP, ETSI, O-RAN Alliance, ITU-R, IEEE 802, NextG Alliance and IETF Standards Development - 5G and Beyond (6G) Wireless Communication Standards Technology Development - Wireless System Architecture - Private 5G Networks and Industrial IoT - Machine Learning (ML) in Wireless Communications (AI-native RAN Protocols) - Digital Signal Processing, Massive MIMO, 5G Physical Layer, MAC, and Signaling Protocols - Base Station and UE Wireless Modem Design and Implementation (Baseband and Digital Radio SoCs) - Energy Efficient Cloud-native RAN Implementation (RAN Virtualization and Containerization) - Energy Efficient RF Transceivers and Array Antenna Systems