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10 NEWS By JP Joosting, Microwave Engineering Europe IN BRIEF WiMAX Forum taps Tektronix test tool The WiMAX Forum has selected the G35-WiMAX protocol test solution to verify the interoperability of WiMAX network nodes in Mobile WiMAX Forum Certiﬁed Test Laboratories around the world. As part of the WiMAX Forum Network Interoperability Test initiative (NWIOT), reference networks will be set up in all WiMAX Forum Test Laboratories, against which WiMAX component vendors can test their implementation. Tektronix’s G35-WiMAX protocol test solution will serve as the reference point to analyze the responses of individual devices in test scenarios speciﬁed by the WiMAX Forum. “Increasingly, service providers are creating end-to-end networking solutions spanning multiple platforms for ﬁxed, nomadic, portable and Mobile WiMAX systems, and the G35 provides a dependable solution that helps ensure compliance within the network,” said Ed Agis, Chairman, Certiﬁcation Working Group, WiMAX Forum. www.mwee.com/207401805 CSR demos ULP Bluetooth for medical applications Wireless chip specialist CSR plc (Cambridge, England) has for the ﬁrst time demonstrated the Ultra Low Power (ULP) Bluetooth in silicon, targeted at a medical application. CSR showed off the strength of the technology — which started off in 2006 as a Nokia project dubbed WiBree but was the following year incorporated into the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) as its low power derivative — at the recent Continua Health Alliance medical conference in Luxembourg. CSR also presented for the ﬁrst time the Bluetooth Health Device Proﬁle (HDP). The company has designed HDP with the Bluetooth SIG to meet the speciﬁc needs of the medical electronics market. The set-up showed two ICs transferring ULP Bluetooth data packets 50-times faster than standard Bluetooth, meaning that the devices were consuming as little as 1/50th of the power. In addition, in establishing the connection, the ULP devices used 1/10th the power required by standard Bluetooth. The demonstration ICs employed both standard Bluetooth (v.2.1) and ULP Bluetooth radios. These devices are called ‘dual-mode’ because they support both ﬂavors of Bluetooth radio. The company conﬁrmed its dual-mode (Bluetooth plus ULP Bluetooth) silicon would be available during this year. www.mwee.com/207200603 Agilent, NextWave Wireless collaborate on Mobile WiMAX device deployment Agilent Technologies and NextWave Wireless have announced that NextWave will use Agilent’s Wireless Networking Test Set to help accelerate the deployment of Mobile WiMAX devices based on NextWave’s chipsets. The companies will collaborate to optimize the speed of RF power-calibration and productiontest capabilities for customers designing Mobile WiMAX products based on NextWave’s NW2000 chipset. With Agilent’s optimized support of this chipset, manufacturers can calibrate and test WiMAX devices with speed and efﬁciency. The Agilent N8300A is a wireless networking test set and OFDMA measurement application software, forming a complete one-box transmitter and receiver test solution for Mobile WiMAX devices. With its superior speciﬁcations and fast manufacturing test time, this solution effectively meets the needs of cell phone, ODM and CM manufacturing engineers testing WiMAX mobile subscriber devices or modules that use IEEE 802.16e-2005. www.mwee.com/207100223 Polish wireless manufacturer expanding Ente, a Polish brandname manufacturer of wireless equipment, is building a second factory that will accommodate more industrial work and open up contract manufacturing opportunities. Located in Gliwice, Poland, an applied science hub that includes the Silesian University of Technology, Ente is a startup with 60 employees that work largely in R&D. The company is able to hire graduates from local tech faculties specializing in analog and digital design, particularly for control and monitoring and for wireless devices. Ente designs and manufactures its own brandname electronics devices that get integrated into telecom and railway equipment. The company also makes its own GSM-based GPS systems for ﬂeet management applications in Poland. www.mwee.com/207001169 Small satellite maker docks with EADS Astrium Europe’s largest space and satellite equipment maker, EADS Astrium, is set to acquire one of the smallest and most innovative ones, University of Surrey spin-out company Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). SSTL (Guildford, England) specializes in the design and manufacture of small and micro satellites. The company says the deal would provide the ﬁnancial and industrial resources required for it to expand. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and completion of the acquisition is subject to obtaining the relevant regulatory approvals. The move follows the decision by the University of Surrey to sell its majority stake of about 80 percent in SSTL. The University plans to retain a small stake in the operation. The small satellite specialist says it will remain an independent UK company with its individual brand and novel approach to space following the agreement, whilst beneﬁting from access to the resources of a large corporation including design, manufacturing and test facilities. SSTL built Giove-A, the ﬁrst test platform for Europe’s ﬂedgling Galileo satellite network. Under the purchase agreement, SSTL will be owned by EADS Astrium NV in the Netherlands. www.mwee.com/207100199 Microwave Engineering Europe ● May 2008 ● www.mwee.com http://www.mwee.com/207200603 http://www.mwee.com/207401805 http://www.mwee.com/207100223 http://www.mwee.com/207001169 http://www.mwee.com/207100199 http://www.mwee.com

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Microwave Engineering Europe - May 2008 News Contents Comment Cover Feature: How to Succeed as a GaAs Foundry Wireless Networking: Wireless Coverage Where Everybody WINS Wireless Networking: Achieving Good Coexistence in the 2.4 GHz ISM Band GPS and Satellite: GPS developments: Galileo Moves Forward with Successful Giove-B Satellite Launch — Broadcom Targets AGPS in Mobile Phones and Devices Raising the Bar for the Radio: Making 802.11n Work Reducing Power Consumption in Ultrawideband Chips WiMax Catches Second Test Wave Products Calendar

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