Ayman Elnashar received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Alexandria University, in 1995 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical communications engineering from Mansoura University in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He has more than 17 years of experience in telecoms industry including 2G/3G/LTE/WiFi. He was part of three major start-up telecom operators in MENA region (Mobinil/Egypt, Mobily/KSA, and du/UAE) and held key leadership positions. Currently, he is Sr. Director of Wireless Broadband, Terminals, and Performance with the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co. “du”, UAE. He is the founder of the Terminal Innovation Lab. He managed and directed the evolution, evaluation, and introduction of du broadband networks and terminals (HSPA+/LTE/WiFi). Prior to this, he was with Mobily, Saudi Arabia, from June 2005 to Jan 2008 as Head of Projects. He played key role in contributing to the success of the mobile broadband network of Mobily/KSA. From March 2000 to June 2005, he was with Mobinil (orange), Egypt where he was responsible for mobile network operation.
He published 20+ papers in wireless communications arena in highly ranked journals such as IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, IEEE Transactions Vehicular technology, and IEEE Transactions Circuits and Systems I, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, IET Signal Processing, and international conferences. He is the main author of “Design, Deployment, and Performance of 4G-LTE Networks: A Practical Approach”, published by Wiley in May 2014. His research interests include practical performance analysis of cellular systems (CDMA-based & OFDM-based), 3G/4G mobile networks planning, design, and optimization, digital signal processing for wireless communications, multiuser detection, smart antennas, MIMO, and robust adaptive detection and beamforming.
