Dr. Michael Meyer joined the Research Department at the Ericsson Eurolab in Herzogenrath close to Aachen after obtaining a PhD degree at the University in Paderborn in communications engineering in 1996. He was active in various roles in development of 3G and 4G. Since 2011 he is heading the Research Department at Eurolab. In the corporate organization Ericsson Research he is responsible for the area radio network concepts with teams in Germany and Sweden. His focus areas are the development of concepts for future mobile radio networks and their standardisation as well as the application of mobile technologies for industry verticals for e.g.  production environments or automotive applications.