FEIT Research Excellence 2024 Lecture Series - Dr. Can Ding

Managing Interface in Antenna Collocation for Future Telecommunication Infrastructures

Dr. Can Ding

Abstract
From 2G to 6G, the number of frequency bands, standards, and connected devices continues to grow. In 6G, we must enhance terrestrial networks while integrating non-terrestrial connections to UAVs, airplanes, and satellites, posing new challenges for antenna systems in telecommunications and modern vehicles. Meeting these demands requires designs that enable antenna collocation and shared apertures across multiple polarizations and frequency bands, optimizing spectrum use, improving efficiency, and supporting multi-band communication while maximizing space and cost-effectiveness. However, antenna collocation introduces challenges, particularly self- and mutual interference among antennas, which can degrade key parameters like matching, isolation, and radiation patterns, impacting overall system reliability. Managing and mitigating this interference is therefore critical to successful antenna integration in complex environments. This talk will focus on interference mitigation techniques through electromagnetically uncoupled antenna designs. This talk is also sponsored by IEEE AP-S/MTT chapter in Sydney.

Biography
Dr. Can Ding is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), specializing in advanced base station antenna technologies for 5G networks. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Xidian University and a joint Ph.D. from Xidian and Macquarie University. Dr. Ding has led numerous research and industry projects, holds several patents, and has over 100 high-impact publications, earning him recognition as a “Top 2% Scientist” by Stanford in 2022 and 2023. He has received multiple awards, including twelve best paper awards, and serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE AWPL. A recognized contributor to the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), he is also an IEEE senior member, an ARC DECRA Fellow, and UTS’s Early-to-Mid Career Educator of the Year for 2023.