FR3 Band in Wireless Communications
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The FR3 band (7.125 – 24.25 GHz) has been gaining attention for its potential to address current performance gaps and enhance future networks.
This exclusive webinar brought together experts from both industry and academia who shared insights from their respective fields.
We also explored the latest technical developments related to FR3 — helping the audience understand why this band is key for the future of connectivity.
What attendees learned
What makes the FR3 band different from FR1 and FR2
The latest technical progress and key challenges
Real-world use cases and implementation paths, from component-level to system-level
Insights directly from engineers, researchers, and market leaders shaping the future of wireless communications
Speakers
Aditya Dhananjay
Pi-Radio, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Aditya Dhananjay received the Ph.D. degree from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU. In the past, he was involved in mesh radio routing and resource allocation protocols, data communication over cellular voice channels, low-cost wireless rural connectivity, OFDM equalization, and phase noise mitigation in mmWave networks. He currently holds a post-doctoral position at NYU WIRELESS. He has developed and supervised much of the mmWave experimental work at the center. He has authored several refereed papers (including at SIGCOMM and MobiCom). He holds one patent and two provisional patents in the millimeter wave space.(Based on document published on 14 November 2017).
Sudharman K. Jayaweera
ECE Department, CISL, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Sudharman K. Jayaweera (S'00, M'04, SM'09) received the B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with First Class Honors from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 1997 and M.A. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2001 and 2003, respectively. He is currently an assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. From 2003–2006 he was an assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wichita State University. Dr. Jayaweera is currently an associate editor of EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing. His current research interests include cooperative and cognitive communications, information theory of networked control systems, statistical signal processing and wireless sensor networks.
Irene de Gruijter
RF Design Engineer, Wupatec, Toulouse
Irene de Gruijter graduated with a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. During her studies, she spent a year at the University of New Mexico (USA) studying Computer Science and Electrical Engineering courses. After this, she worked at Thales in the Netherlands, focusing on radiofrequency (RF) laboratory work. During this time, she took online classes at California State University - Long Beach to deepen her knowledge of communication systems and to complement her technical background with business-related courses.
She then pursued a Master’s degree in Embedded Systems at ENSEEIHT-INSA in Toulouse, France. For the past two years, Irene has been contributing to Wupatec, working on the design and development of advanced RF Front-End (RFFE) solutions for telecommunications and space applications. Her work is centered on RF power amplifier development — with a focus on efficiency and wideband operation in FR1 and emerging FR3 bands.
Bethel Anya
Digital Electronics and Embedded Systems Engineer, Wupatec, Limoges
Bethel ANYA is an Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer, graduated from ENSIL-ENSCI. His academic and project experience focused on digital front-end RF design and the implementation of a Crest Factor Reduction (CFR) algorithm, which allowed him to deepen his skills in embedded systems programming.
He currently works at Wupatec as a Digital Electronics and Embedded Systems Engineer, where he contributes to the development of advanced RF instrumentation and signal processing solutions.
Bethel combines a solid foundation in digital electronics with a growing expertise in embedded architectures, making him a promising engineer in the field of high-efficiency RF systems.