Welcome to our national RF Seminar
We warmly invite you to join us at the highly anticipated national RF seminar, “Future mobile radio frequency technologies and solutions”, hosted by the RF Sampo project. Early research and new skills are essential for successful engineering as we transition from 5G to 6G technologies in the forthcoming decade. This seminar will discuss a comprehensive selection of topics – from current 5G technology to 6G visions – to ensure these ambitions can become a reality. We’ll explore the latest developments with 5G technology and dive into 6G visions to ensure that you are up-to-date on modern trends.
We’re grateful to the Business Finland Veturi program for its commitment to creating a national network of RF technologies. We can’t wait to watch it develop enhanced 5G and 6G solutions. We invite you to join us on this journey. Don’t miss out!
Jukka-Pekka Pietilä
Chair of the RF Sampo steering group
Nokia
Save the Date
- Thursday, March 16 2023, 8:30-16:00
- University of Oulu, lecture hall L3
- Registration required for free seminar (see below)
- On-site attendance is strongly recommended, but remote access will be provided for online registered attendee
- Lunch and coffee breaks served for on-site attendees
Agenda
8:30-9:00
Registration & coffee & posters
9:00-9:15
Opening
Saila Tammelin, Nokia & Aarno Pärssinen, University of Oulu
9:15-10:00
Active antenna technologies and design optimization for base stations
Tomi Haapala, Nokia
10:00-10:30
Future antenna challenges and opportunities
Ville Viikari, Aalto University
10:30-11:00
3D antenna pattern parameters – a concept for benchmarking
Jani Kallankari, Verkotan
11:00-12:00
Lunch & posters
12:00-12:45
RF towards 6G systems
Aarno Pärssinen, University of Oulu
12:45-13:30
MMIC design – from 6G RF front ends to fundamental scientific goals
Mikko Varonen, VTT
13:30-14:00
PA Development: Overcome practical challenges in 5G and 6G
Ville Suomela, Flex
14:00-14:45
Coffee & posters
14:45-15:15
Modelling and emulation of D-band radio channel
Pekka Kyösti, Keysight
15:15-15:45
Future electronic warfare systems
Tero Kiuru, SAAB
15:45-15:50
Closing
Posters
Organising committee
Aarno Pärssinen, Marko E Leinonen, Visa Tapio, Saila Tammelin, Ville Viikari, Jussi Ryynänen, Pekka Rantakari, Jussi Säily, Teuvo Heikkinen, Tero Kiuru, Jari Partanen
Event speakers
Saila Tammelin, Nokia
RF-SAMPO Industry Lead
Nokia Mobile Networks,
R&D Manager at base station radio development unit
Aarno Pärssinen, University of Oulu
Aarno Pärssinen received the D.Sc. degree from the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, in 2000. From 2000 to 2011 he was with Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland where he served as a member of the CEO Technology Council from 2009 to 2011. From 2011 to 2014, he was at Renesas Mobile and at Broadcom. Since September 2014 he has been with the University of Oulu, Centre for Wireless Communications, Finland where he is currently a Professor. He leads the Devices and Circuits research area in the 6G Flagship programme. His research interests include transceiver architectures and RFICs for wireless systems. He has authored and co-authored one book, two book chapters, more than 200 international journal and conference papers and holds several patents. He was a member of the technical programme committee of ISSCC from 2007-2017, chairing the wireless subcommittee from 2014-2017.
Tomi Haapala, Nokia
Antenna System Architect, Nokia. Received M.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2007) from University of Oulu. Over 20 years of experience with cmWave and mmWave antennas and antenna array designs. Has been with Nokia since 2009. Earlier worked for Filtronic and Powerwave as an antenna designer and VSWR monitoring system designer. Currently working as an Antenna System Architect at Nokia, concentrating in 5G antenna product architecture and technology roadmap definition towards 6G. Tomi is also acting as a leader of Nokia global antenna guild.
Ville Viikari, Aalto University
Ville Viikari is currently a Professor and Deputy Head of Department with the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering. His research interests include antennas for mobile devices and networks, antenna clusters and coupled arrays, RF-powered devices, and antenna measurement techniques. He has previously studied wireless sensors, such as RFID, and different radar applications at VTT. His doctoral dissertation, which was done at Helsinki University of Technology, was on high-gain antenna testing methods at sub-THz frequencies.
Jani Kallankari, Verkotan
Jani Kallankari chief scientist of Verkotan Oy innovating new wireless test for world leading companies. Over 20 years’ experience in the radio performance benchmarking, measurement and standardization. Current development interest is beamforming, radio propagation and signal analysis.
Mikko Varonen, VTT
Mikko Varonen received the M.Sc., Lic.Sc., and D.Sc. (with distinction) degrees in electrical engineering from the Aalto University (formerly, the Helsinki University of Technology), Espoo, Finland, in 2002, 2005, and 2010, respectively.
In 2011, he was a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA. In 2012, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher and the Academy of Finland Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Department of Micro- and Nanosciences, Aalto University, from 2013 to 2016. During his Post-Doctoral Fellowship, he was a Visiting Scientist with the JPL, Electrical Engineering Department, Caltech, and the Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Solid-State Physics, Freiburg, Germany. He is currently a Principal Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, where he held Academy of Finland Research Fellow post during 2017 to 2022.
Ville Suomela, Flex
Ville Suomela is a Senior Specialist in RF and PA in Flex where he has worked since 2011. He is a part of the Architecture team, and in the recent years his work has focused on a Doherty power amplifiers for macro and mMIMO radios.
Pekka Kyösti, Keysight
Pekka Kyösti received the M.Sc. degree in mathematics and the D.Sc. (Hons.) in communications engineering from the University of Oulu, Finland, in 2000 and 2018, respectively. He is currently a senior specialist with Keysight Technologies Finland Oy, a research director in 6G Flagship programme, and a docent (adjunct professor) with the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu. His present activities are radio channel characterization for 6G systems, and channel modelling and over-the-air emulation for 5G systems. From 1998 to 2002, he was with Nokia Networks, from 2002 to 2016, he was with Elektrobit/Anite, from 2016 onward he has been with Keysight (part time). Since 2002, he has been involved in radio channel measurements, estimation and modelling. From 2008 to 2012, he was actively developing methods for MIMO over-the-air testing. He has contributed on channel modelling and OTA testing on many standardization fora such as ITU-R, 3GPP (RAN1, RAN4), CTIA, and IEEE 802. He has acted in contributor and task leader roles in many European research projects such as, e.g., WINNER (I,II,+), METIS, and Hexa-X.
Tero Kiuru, Saab Finland
Tero Kiuru received the M.Sc. (Tech.) degree in electrical engineering from the TKK Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, and the D.Sc. (Tech.) degree (with distinction) in electrical engineering from Aalto University, Espoo, in 2011.
He is a Research Leader with Saab Finland Oy, and has over 15 years of experience in the research activities in high-frequency radio technology, radar technology and electronic warfare systems. He has worked at the Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto University, the European Space Agency’s Reseach Centre ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA, and at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Saab Finland Oy.
He has published more than 40 scientific articles in the field of microwave components and systems, radar technologies and high-frequency measurements. His current research interests include novel microwave radar and electronic warfare systems.
Event sponsors
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