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CONTENTS 7 4 9 12 COVER News Comment Radio: Raising the bar for the radio: Making 802.11n work Cover Feature: The RF-System-In-Package trend — efﬁcient design with Advanced Design System 2008 Agilent EEsof EDA has designed the latest, 2008 release of its ﬂagship RF-mixed-signal EDA software platform, Advanced Design System (ADS) to include capabilities for efﬁcient RFSiP design. As RFIC vendors go beyond selling individual ICs to delivering multi-function RF-SiP modules such as wireless transceivers, radio, and front-end modules, Agilent enables cost-effective and efﬁcient design for this key technology. Wireless Sensor Networks: The ZigBee PRO Feature Set: More of a good thing The ZigBee spec now includes two feature sets: ZigBee and ZigBee PRO. Both deﬁne key aspects of how a mesh network operates but ZigBee PRO’s feature set offers improved network scalability, resiliency, security, and ease-of-use, especially for larger, more complex networks. Very fast measurements of wireless devices with small antennas in reverberation chambers The traditional way of measuring antennas in anechoic chambers, i.e. without any reﬂections, is very good for large antennas that normally are used in a Line-Of-Sight (LOS) environment, but is a slow and unsuitable way to measure small antennas that normally are used in an environment with a lot of reﬂections, i.e. indoors or in an urban environment. Such an environment is much easier to simulate in a reverberation chamber. WiMAX update 2008 WiMAX promises much to a wide range of mainstream and niche wireless sector players. It also presents some signiﬁcant challenges from an RF and network planning perspective, writes Jörg Springer of Radio Frequency Systems (RFS). Bridging the gap from the CMOS DSP to the antenna in OFDM Systems Products Calendar The cover depicts the efﬁcient RF-SiP design capabilities offered in the latest, 2008, release of Agilent EEsof EDA's ﬂagship RF-mixed-signal EDA software platform. RF-SiP technology is a key enabler for future design. EDITORIAL DIRECTOR JEAN-PIERRE JOOSTING Tel. +32 2 7400056 email: jean-pierre.joosting@eetimes.be CONTRIBUTING EDITORS COLIN HOLLAND email: colin.holland@btinternet.com JOHN WALKO email: jwalko@cmp.com EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Tom Brazil, University College Dublin, Ireland Marco Lisi, Telespazio, Italy Holger Meinel, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, Germany Marco Guglielmi, ESTEC, The Netherlands Chris Snowden, Filtronic Compound Semiconductor/ University of Leeds, UK. 16 19 ADVERTISING PRODUCTION LYDIA GIJSEGOM - MAGGIE FLEERACKERS Tel +32 (0) 2 740 00 50 email: lydia.gijsegom@eetimes.be CIRCULATION & FINANCE LUC DESIMPEL Tel +32 (0) 2 740 0055 email: luc.desimpel@eetimes.be ART MANAGER JEAN-PAUL SPELIERS Tel +32 (0)2 740 0052 email: jean-paul.speliers@eetimes.be ACCOUNTING RICARDO PINTO FERREIRA Tel +32 (0)2 740 0051 email: sonia.stouti@eetimes.be VP SALES PATRICK FLYNN Tel +44 (0)1732 377186 email: pﬂynn@cmp.com PUBLISHER ANDRE ROUSSELOT Tel +32 (0)2 740 0053 email: aroussel@cmp.com EUROPEAN BUSINESS PRESS A CMP COMPANY 144 Avenue Eugène Plasky 1030 Brussels - Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2 740 00 50 Fax: +32 (0)2 740 00 59 www.mwee.com VAT Registration: BE 461.357.437 RPM: Brussels Company Number: 0461357437 © 2008 E.B.P. SA, a CMP Company All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system without the express prior written consent of the publisher. The contents of Microwave Engineering Europe are subject to reproduction in information storage and retrieval systems. Microwave Engineering Europe is published ten times a year. Apply for a free copy of the journal online at www.mwee. com/subscribe/ Subscriptions: Microwave Engineering Europe is available on subscription to others at 150 Euro. Refunds on cancelled subscriptions will only be provided at the Publisher’s discretion, unless speciﬁcally guaranteed within the terms of the subscription offer. Paid subscription queries tel: +32 2 740 00 50 Printed by Perka. 24 30 32 37 42 • • • • • Microwave Engineering Europe ● January/February 2008 ● www.mwee.com 007_MWEE.indd 7 25/01/08 17:53:02 http://www.mwee.com http://www.mwee.com

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Microwave Engineering Europe - January/February 2008 Contents News Comment Radio: Raising the Bar for the Radio: Making 802.11n Work Cover Feature: The RF-System-In-Package Trend - Efficient Design with Advanced Design System 2008 Wireless Sensor Networks: The Zigbee PRO Feature Set: More of a Good Thing Very Fast Measurements of Wireless Devices with Small Antennas in Reverberation Chambers WiMAX Update 2008 Bridging the Gap from the CMOS DSP to the Antenna in OFDM Systems Products Calendar

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