Dhaval Mehta

Dhaval Mehta is a senior wireless systems architect with deep expertise in 5G NR, O‑RAN disaggregation, RIC frameworks, and multi‑cloud‑native RAN orchestration. With 15+ years across Tier‑1 operators, he has engineered standards‑aligned architectures, authored 50+ wireless‑protocol patents, and led innovations spanning AI‑driven RAN intelligence, NTN integration, network slicing, and large‑scale cloud‑native RAN transformations. At NextNav, Dhaval focuses on technology development for it’s 5G-based and AI-powered Next generation PNT solution, that can be deployed at nationwide scale to deliver sovereign and terrestrial PNT services (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) to backup and complement GPS.