Behrooz Makki works as a Senior Researcher in Ericsson Research, Gothenburg, Sweden. His current research interests include integrated access and backhaul, millimeter-wave communications, free-space optical communication, and wireless backhauling. Behrooz is the recipient of various research grants including the VR Research Link grant, Sweden, 2014, Ericsson’s Research grant, Sweden, 2013, 2014, and 2015, the ICT SEED grant, Sweden, 2017, as well as the Wallenbergs research grant, Sweden, 2018. He was a member of European Commission projects “mm-Wave based Mobile Radio Access Network for 5G Integrated Communications” and “ARTIST4G” as well as various national and international research collaborations.