Ridha Hamila received the Master of Science, Licentiate of Technology with distinction, and Doctor of Technology degrees from Tampere University of Technology, Department of Information Technology, Tampere, Finland, in 1996, 1999, and 2002, respectively. Dr. Ridha Hamila is currently Docent and Assistant Professor at Etisalat University College, Emirates Telecommunication Corporation, United Arab Emirates. From 1994 to 2002 he held various research and teaching positions at Tampere University of Technology with the Department of Information Technology, Finland. From 2002 to 2003 he was a System Specialist at Nokia research Center and Nokia Networks, Helsinki, Finland. His current research interests include wireless communications and mobile networks, mobile phone positioning technologies, synchronization and signal processing algorithms for flexible radio receivers and transmitters. In these areas, he has published over 50 journal and conference papers, filed one patent, and wrote numerous confidential industrial research reports. Dr. Hamila has been involved in several past and current industrial projects, Finnish Academy projects, EU research and education programs. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.