Professor Tellambura is a world-class researcher in the field of wireless communication systems. He has made sustained and fundamental contributions on design, modeling and analysis of 3G, 4G and emerging wireless standards. At national level, he has served on many science and engineering panels and, internationally, editorships on prestigious journals on wireless technology. He has trained over 50 highly qualified wireless engineers who now serve the global wireless industry and academia. He has authored over 500 journal and conference publications with more than 11500 citations and a Google Scholar H-index of 56. His outstanding research contributions have been recognized by his elevation to IEEE Fellow grade in 2011 and by the Killam and McCalla Professorships at the University of Alberta.