Background

Francisco Javier Cañete Corripio received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering in 1996 and 2004, respectively, from the University of Malaga (Spain). He has been awarded with the 'Extraordinary Ph.D. Thesis Prize' of the ETSI Telecomunicacion - University of Malaga in 2005 and the 'Juan López de Peñalver Prize' of the University of Malaga to the best research work in the Field of Engineering in 2007.

-In 1996, he worked for the Instrument and Control Department at INITEC (Empresa Nacional de Ingeniería y Tecnología) in the design of power plants.

-In 1997, he worked for Alcatel España R&D Department in the design of Wireless Local Loop systems.

-In 1998, he joined the Communication Engineering department of the University of Málaga. At present he is an Associate Professor.

-From 2000 to 2001, he also collaborated with the Nokia System Competence Team in Malaga in the design of Radio Access Networks.