Experience

Exium

• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder, CEO

  • 2019 - Present

  We’ve integrated networking and security in a cloud-delivered Zero Trust platform powered by 5G that helps lean IT teams securely connect their users, locations and devices to their applications with high performance. https://exium.net/



Space

• United Kingdom
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Space Internet Visionary

  • 2015 - Present

  Shared a vision of a "Mobile Internet from the Heavens" that inspired companies like SpaceX (Starlink), Amazon (Kuiper), OneWeb, and others to develop LEO satellite constellations for Space Internet access. Original paper can be found at the link below. https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.02383 Almost two-thirds of the humankind currently does not have access to the Internet, wired or wireless. We present a Space Internet proposal capable of providing Zetabyte/ month capacity which is… Show more Shared a vision of a "Mobile Internet from the Heavens" that inspired companies like SpaceX (Starlink), Amazon (Kuiper), OneWeb, and others to develop LEO satellite constellations for Space Internet access. Original paper can be found at the link below. https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.02383 Almost two-thirds of the humankind currently does not have access to the Internet, wired or wireless. We present a Space Internet proposal capable of providing Zetabyte/ month capacity which is equivalent to 200GB/month for 5 Billion users Worldwide. Our proposal is based on deploying thousands of low-cost micro-satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), each capable of providing Terabit/s data rates with signal latencies better than or equal to ground based systems. Show less



Wireless

• Wireless Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 5G Millimeter Wave Pioneer

  • 2010 - Present

  Pioneered a brand-new architecture laying foundation for 5G and future generations mobile systems in the millimeter wave spectrum. Link to original presentation at wireless industry conference in March 2011 Millimeter Wave Mobile Broadband: Unleashing 3-300 GHz Spectrum https://www.slideshare.net/FarooqKhan48/millimeter-wave-mobile-broadband-unleashing-3300-ghz-spectrum



Networking

• Software Defined Wireless Networks Visionary

  • 2015 - Present

  Shared a vision for software defined core and radio networks that became basis for 5G standards. Original paper from 2015 at: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1508/1508.02052.pdf



JMA Wireless

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 400 - 500 Employee

• CEO, PHAZR

  • 2018 - 2019

  JMA Wireless, a global innovator in mobile network edge solutions, acquired PHAZR in December 2018. PHAZR complements JMA’s XRAN all-software radio access platform, establishing the first American company with complete LTE and 5G technologies that address the full range of spectrum, from 600MHz to 47GHz. PHAZR’s 5G RAN technology integrates all baseband and antenna elements into a single compact package. Radios support both mid band (2 GHz – 6 GHz) and millimeter wave (24 GHz – 47 GHz)… Show more JMA Wireless, a global innovator in mobile network edge solutions, acquired PHAZR in December 2018. PHAZR complements JMA’s XRAN all-software radio access platform, establishing the first American company with complete LTE and 5G technologies that address the full range of spectrum, from 600MHz to 47GHz. PHAZR’s 5G RAN technology integrates all baseband and antenna elements into a single compact package. Radios support both mid band (2 GHz – 6 GHz) and millimeter wave (24 GHz – 47 GHz) bands to maximize deployment options. All of this capability comes in a package the size of a laptop computer, opening deployment possibilities not available in the market today. Show less



PHAZR

• United States
• Wireless Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder, CEO

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area PHAZR is a US-based virtualized radio network (vRAN) solutions provider offering industry’s broadest portfolio of 5G Millimeter wave systems for the licensed-bands in the 24-47GHz frequency range. Our Highly-differentiated Quadplex™ approach pairs millimeter wave spectrum with sub-6GHz spectrum to uniquely enable high-performance, cost-effective, and power-efficient 5G systems.



Samsung Electronics

• South Korea
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• President, Samsung Research America (SRA-Dallas)

  • 2011 - 2015

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area Built distinguished, 10+ years record of progressive achievement and advancement with this US$200 billion innovator of high-tech electronics and digital media. Inspired and led an advanced R&D team of over 100 top-notch engineers with about $40M annual investments focused on high impact collaborative research projects in mobile communications, IoT and mobile services. Accelerated transfer of ground-breaking technologies from academia to commercial deployment by joint research… Show more Built distinguished, 10+ years record of progressive achievement and advancement with this US$200 billion innovator of high-tech electronics and digital media. Inspired and led an advanced R&D team of over 100 top-notch engineers with about $40M annual investments focused on high impact collaborative research projects in mobile communications, IoT and mobile services. Accelerated transfer of ground-breaking technologies from academia to commercial deployment by joint research collaborations with top US universities, sponsored 50 university projects in 5 years with over $5M total funding provided.

• Corporate Vice President

  • 2011 - 2015

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area As people increasingly chat to friends and family, watch videos on the move, and listen to streamed music on their mobile devices, data traffic continues to grow at unprecedented rates. Farooq and his team at Samsung embraced yet another 100x challenge and pioneered 5G Millimeter Wave technology for future mobile and IoT services. This technology with record-breaking data speed of over Multi-Gigabits/s is expected to drive the future growth in the US$1 Trillion market of smartphones… Show more As people increasingly chat to friends and family, watch videos on the move, and listen to streamed music on their mobile devices, data traffic continues to grow at unprecedented rates. Farooq and his team at Samsung embraced yet another 100x challenge and pioneered 5G Millimeter Wave technology for future mobile and IoT services. This technology with record-breaking data speed of over Multi-Gigabits/s is expected to drive the future growth in the US$1 Trillion market of smartphones, mobile networks and IoT services. An example of future mobile service that will benefit from Gigabits/s data rates is virtual reality (VR). At Samsung, Farooq led the team that championed Samsung’s entry into the VR space by developing Gear VR from concept to pre-commercial prototypes. Gear VR provides ultimate fascinating viewing experience as if the user was in front of a 360 degrees mega screen.

• Director / Senior Director

  • 2004 - 2011

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area With the introduction of smartphones, apps and content drove mobile data traffic volumes clogging 3G systems. Faced with this new reality, Farooq embraced another 100x challenge and was hired by Samsung to lead the 4G research and standards efforts. Based on his research, Farooq authored one of the best-selling books, “LTE for 4G Mobile Broadband” which is widely used in the industry as a reference and also a graduate level textbook across universities in Asia, Europe, Australia and the United… Show more With the introduction of smartphones, apps and content drove mobile data traffic volumes clogging 3G systems. Faced with this new reality, Farooq embraced another 100x challenge and was hired by Samsung to lead the 4G research and standards efforts. Based on his research, Farooq authored one of the best-selling books, “LTE for 4G Mobile Broadband” which is widely used in the industry as a reference and also a graduate level textbook across universities in Asia, Europe, Australia and the United States.



Bell Laboratories

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of Technical Staff

  • 1999 - 2004

  Greater New York City Area Frustrated by the snail-slow data speed of 2G systems, Farooq decided to move to the birthplace of cellular systems, Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey, to spearhead research efforts for high-speed 3rd generation (3G) mobile data systems. He and his team at Bell Labs invented and won wide industry support for many of the foundational technologies of the 3G standard that provided an unprecedented 100x higher data speed.



Ericsson

• Sweden
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Engineer

  • 1997 - 1999

  Stockholm, Sweden After completing his academic research, Farooq accepted a research position with Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden where he co-invented core technologies for 2nd generation (2G) digital mobile communications. While 2G systems provided improved voice communications and ability to send text messages, they severely lacked support for any decent data communications. At the time, when use of wired Internet was spreading, Farooq saw a future of Mobile Internet and the need for more than 2G data speeds.



Paktel

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• RF Engineer

  • 1991 - 1993

  Pakistan Fresh out of college with his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Farooq started his career as an RF engineer in Pakistan where he led design, deployment and operations of country's first cellular mobile communications based on first generation (1G) analog technology. He soon realized that analog technology cannot scale to meet on-the-move communications needs of Billions of people around the globe. He decided to move to the land of wine and cheese to pursue research in enhancing… Show more Fresh out of college with his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Farooq started his career as an RF engineer in Pakistan where he led design, deployment and operations of country's first cellular mobile communications based on first generation (1G) analog technology. He soon realized that analog technology cannot scale to meet on-the-move communications needs of Billions of people around the globe. He decided to move to the land of wine and cheese to pursue research in enhancing capacity and performance of mobile systems and earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from Université de Versailles, France. Show less