dr. gent paparisto is a product engineering architect at cadence design systems. he holds a ph.d. degree in electrical engineering from the university of southern california (usc), los angeles. dr. paparisto has extensive experience in systems engineering, covering a broad range of communication technologies as well as signal processing algorithms for wireless and wireline applications. he has led and participated in the design and implementation of several products for cellular and wireless systems. he is also experienced in the rf system design and analysis field, and he has contributed extensively to the development of awr rf simulation tools. dr. paparisto has authored multiple publications in international journals and conferences, served on the technical program committees of various ieee conferences, contributed to the 3gpp tsc geran standardization effort, and is a us patent holder.