Matti Dr. Hamalainen

6G Flagship / Centre for Wireless Communications University of Oulu, FINLAND - Dr. Sc. / Adjunct Professor, University Researcher

Professor Matti Hämäläinen has had a sustained and high impact influence on European and international standardisation in wireless body area networks through his long standing contributions to ETSI TC SmartBAN. As the University of Oulu’s official representative to ETSI since 2013, he has made numerous contributions and helped shape a robust, interoperable SmartBAN framework that directly supports emerging healthcare paradigms such as remote patient monitoring, continuous vital sign acquisition, and data-driven clinical workflows.

Adjunct Professor Matti Hämäläinen has served as the official representative of the University of Oulu to ETSI and as an active contributor to the ETSI Technical Committee (TC) Smart Body Area Networks (SmartBAN) since 2013. Throughout this period, his work has addressed the critical challenge of enabling reliable, energy efficient, and interoperable wireless body area networks (WBANs) to support emerging requirements in remote healthcare, continuous vital sign monitoring, and modern clinical workflows.

As a core contributor to ETSI TC SmartBAN, Professor Hämäläinen has played a key role in the development of foundational technical specifications, including the physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) layers, as well as data representation formats for short range, low power communication systems operating in and around the human body. His contributions are of significant value to standardisation, as they directly support the development of a European-level framework for SmartBAN, informed by experimental radio channel measurement campaigns and addressing coexistence, energy efficiency, and reliability challenges in dense sensor environments.

Professor Hämäläinen’s research is distinguished by its originality and scientific rigour, particularly in the areas of radio channel modelling, ultra wideband technologies, and WBAN system design. This work underpins several key elements of the SmartBAN standard and is further reflected in his extensive scholarly output and recognised leadership within the research community.
In addition to his technical contributions, Professor Hämäläinen has actively promoted and disseminated SmartBAN outcomes through high quality scientific publications and participation in panel discussions at major international conferences. Many of these publications are co authored with the core SmartBAN contributor group, significantly enhancing the visibility and impact of the TC’s work. Notably, he was involved from the very inception of SmartBAN, participating in the two preparatory meetings held in 2012 where the committee was first envisioned, and contributing to the official launch of ETSI TC SmartBAN in 2013. Consequently, Professor Hämäläinen has been actively engaged throughout the entire lifecycle of the Technical Committee SmartBAN.

Reference of the deliverables, Dr. Hämäläinen’s contribution has made a direct impact on:

• ETSI TS 103 325 V1.1.1 (2015-04): “Low Complexity Medium Access Control (MAC) for SmartBAN”.
• ETSI TS 103 326 V1.1.1 (2015-04): “Enhanced Ultra-Low Power Physical Layer”.
• ETSI TR 103 395 V1.1.1 (2016-12): “Measurements and modelling of SmartBAN Radio Frequency (RF) environment”.
• ETSI TR 103 711V1.1.1 (2020-10): “Applying SmartBAN MAC (ETSI TS 103 325) for various use-cases”.
• ETSI TR 103 395 V1.1.2 (2021-06): “Measurements and modelling of SmartBAN Radio Frequency (RF) environment”.
• ETSI TS 103 326 V1.2.1 (2021-07): “Enhanced Ultra-Low Power Physical Layer”.
• ETSI TS 103 325 V1.2.1 (2022-07): “Low Complexity Medium Access Control (MAC) for SmartBAN”.
• ETSI TR 103 944 V1.1.1 (2023-11): “Technical Report on Smart Coordinator for SmartBAN Networks”.
• ETSI TS 103 806 V1.1.1 (2023-11): “Hub to Hub Communication for SmartBAN Medium Access Control (MAC)”.
• ETSI TS 103 805 V1.1.1 (2024-01): “Relay Functionality for SmartBAN Medium Access Control (MAC)”.
• ETSI TR 103 952 V1.1.1 (2025-08): “Brain Computer Interface (BCI)”.