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systems built from Ericsson's product portfoliointo legacy and third-party products.He holds an M.S. in information technologyfrom the University of Oslo, Norway.chamath.kodituwakku@ericsson.comJurgen Lerzer, who joined Ericsson in1997, is a senior systems engineer atEricsson Eurolab in Nuremberg, Germany,where he works with development and systemdesign of Ericsson's base stations forWCDMA. In particular, he works with thedevelopment of WCDMA baseband downlinkprocessing functions, including futurebaseband enhancements, such as high-speeddownlink packet-data access. Jurgen holdsa Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineeringfrom the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,Germany.juergen.lerzer@eed.ericsson.seHelmut Leuschner joined Ericsson in 1997to work with the development of the decoderpart of Ericsson's WCDMA test system forNTT DoCoMo. He was then put in chargeof systemizing the common baseband designused in all WCDMA base stations. In2000, he became responsible for the uplinkbaseband processing subsystem implementedon the RAX board. In addition, he workswith the systemization, design, verificationand quality aspects affecting the entire baseband.Helmuc holds a Dipl.-Ing. degreefrom the University of Applied Sciences ofNurnberg.helmut.leuschner@era.ericsson.seSebastian Lind joined Ericsson in 1996 asa project manager working with IS/IT projectsfor GSM and WCDMA production. In2000, he became a customer project managerat Ericsson Internet Applications,where he managed Mobile Internet projectsfor major European operators. He also supportedglobal customer units and local marketsin several sales activities related to servicenetwork enablers and solutions. Hepresently works as a strategic product managerfor the integration of MMS, wirelessstreaming and positioning solutions at thesystems integration division of EricssonGlobal Services. Besides this assignment,Sebastian is a member of various companywideprograms.sebastian.lind@eip.ericsson.seAnders Milen joined Ericsson in 1993 towork with GSM base station design. Helater joined the GSM BSS system designteam, working mainly with system characteristicsand end-user quality issues. In1999, after a period of evaluating theWCDMA trial system, he began workingwith UTRAN system design, serving asteam leader. Anders is currently a technicalcoordinator of mobile terminal interoperabilitytesting activities. He holds anM.S. in electrical engineering from the LundInstitute of Technology, Sweden.anders.milen@era.ericsson.seWalter Muller is presently senior specialistin WCDMA radio network system design.He joined Ericsson, in 1983, to work withhardware and software design for radio linkequipment. Since 1989, he has worked as asystem designer for mobile systems withemphasis on radio network functions. Heparticipated in the standardization ofD-AMPS (TDMA) and with system designof radio network functions. He also participatedin early PDC development and systemdesign. Between 1997 and 2000, hecontributed to the standardization of theWCDMA radio interface. Since 2000 he hasworked with system design of Ericsson'sradio access network system for WCDMA.Walter holds an M.S. in electrical engineeringfrom Chalmers University of Technologyin Gbteborg, Sweden,waiter, m u I ler@era. ericsson.seMagnus Olsson joined Ericsson in 1992 towork with GSM and BSC systems at EPKin Hassleholm Sweden. His duties rangedfrom development to object leader, andlater, systems instructor in the area of GSMand AXE. In 1996, he began working as aconsultant, developing tools for the developmentand simulation of handset software.In 1998, he joined ECS in Lund to work withMobile Internet standards. He has served aschairman of the WAP 2.0 architectureworking group, defining core technology forseveral OMA enablers. Recently, he hasserved as Ericsson's lead coordinator forJava-J2ME standards development and hashelped coordinate the EMP efforts for OMAstandards. Magnus Olsson holds a graduatedegree in telecommunication engineeringand telecommunication systems fromHassleholms Tekniska Skola, Sweden.Magnus.olsson@emp.ericsson.seHakan Palm is presently a senior specialistin radio resource control for mobile terminals.He joined Ericsson in 1989, workingEricsson Review No. 1, 2003 3