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Research & engineering

Wireless, RF & Positioning for Robotics, Drones & IoT

During my research career, I have been designing, integrating and optimizing the wireless connectivity layer for various application, with a focus to IoT, Drones and Robotics use cases — bridging theoretical and practical radio research with hands-on field deployment and system integration, as well as real problem troubleshooting.

What I really do

According to my study path, I am a telecommunications engineer. However over the years I shifted more on the beyond communication aspect rather than mere telecommunication theory, focusing on the wireless connectivity layer optimization for various applications, especially within the Internet of Things, Robotics and Drone use cases. In practice, I have been dealing with RF and antennas, multi-radio system integration on multiple robotic/aerial platform, as well as wireless network design and deployments (mostly Wi-Fi and LoRa). I have also been working on multiple radio-based positioning techniques, spacing from Ultra WideBand, Wi-Fi and now 5G/6G cellular networks. I work across the whole path: measurement and prototyping, system integration, making reliable links running in real, often harsh, environments and deployments.

Today I am a researcher at Ericsson working on 5G/6G sensing and positioning standardization (3GPP/ITU). Before that I was the wireless and network engineer — and integration lead — in at the Robotics and AI group of the Luleå University of Technology, where I was enabling connectivity for robotics use cases. My PhD has been entirely dedicated to this topic, with a focus on drone connectivity and localization. I like to connect smart things, preferably wireless ;).

Focus areas

  • RF & antennas
  • Radio-based Positioning
  • Sensing / ISAC
  • Connectivity System Integration
  • Network Design
  • 5G/6G standardization
  • 3GPP/ITU

What I bring on the table

  • RF measurement campaigns & wireless links analysis
  • Antenna placement optimization studies
  • Multi-radio / WAN setup
  • Network design for specific requirements
  • Radio-based localization — UWB, Wi-Fi (FTM), 5G/6G NR
  • System integration

Built across EU projects (ADACORSA, AMBITIOUS, SUNRISE-6G, 5GEIM) and field-robotics experiments.

Tech & tools

  • 5G NR
  • LTE
  • Wi-Fi
  • UWB
  • LoRa
  • BLE
  • ArduPilot
  • Python
  • Linux
  • ROS
  • Arduino
  • RPi
  • U-blox
  • ESP32

Open to collaboration

I enjoy R&D and integration work at the intersection between the wireless connectivity word and more practical field use cases. Open to collaborations and interesting problems.

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Selected publications

  • Wi-Fi localization

    Wi-Fi-based Real-Time UAV Localization: a Comparative Analysis between RSSI- and FTM-based Approaches

    Comparing two Wi-Fi positioning methods for live drone tracking.

  • PhD thesis · UAV-to-X

    UAV-to-X Connectivity and Localization Systems: Design, Implementation and Performance Evaluation

    My PhD thesis: end-to-end design and field evaluation of drone connectivity and localization.

  • UAV connectivity · LTE

    Smart Selective Antennas System (SSAS): Improving UAV LTE Connectivity Using Selective Directive Antennas

    Boosting drone cellular links with selective directive antennas.

  • Robotics · localization

    Redundant Coupled LiDAR–Wi-Fi Integration for Robust Global Localization in Autonomous Mobile Robotics

    Sensor fusion for reliable robot positioning in difficult environments.

  • UAV swarming · LoRa

    Hybrid LoRa–802.11s Opportunistic Mesh Networking for UAV Swarming

    A hybrid mesh architecture for coordinating drone swarms.

View the full list on Google Scholar →