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The agriculture department at the University of Arizona in Tucson is taking “plant management” to a new level with an experimental next-generation wireless trial that literally requires field work. “They’re trying to do some plant diagnostics out in the field and WiMAX, 3G networks, all of those kinds of...

Nearly 21 percent of the U.S. population, or over 60 million Americans, live in rural areas that are either un-served or under-served by broadband services, according to Computerworld (as of August 2007). Incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) prefer to focus on the more densely clustered urban and suburban demographics,...

A promising wireless technology is resurfacing even though many in the industry have—for probably the hundredth time— given up on it. WiMAX, said a financial analyst who’s paid to look at such things, is far from dead, despite dire predictions about Sprint Nextel’s commitment and the nonchalance with which...

From a mobile operator perspective, mobile WiMAX or 802.16e provides more of a service complement than a competitive threat, reports In-Stat. The mobile standard for WiMAX has been the subject of debate since its inception, the high-tech market research firm says. Mobile operators and vendors have disputed how this...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and NextWave Wireless Inc. , a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, 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 two companies will collaborate to optimize the...

Electromagnetic Technologies Industries (ETI) announced the introduction of a new series of antennas for WiMAX. The new antennas are scalable, ranging from 2 to 12 beams and offer single and dual polarization - vertical and horizontal operating capability. As an example, from one antenna/single cell site 72 beams can...

Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc. (BVS) unveiled an all-in-one WiMAX pre-deployment and testing kit solution for 700 MHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz networks at CTIA 2008. BVS announces the release and availability of a complete WiMAX pre-deployment testing solution that includes a stimulus transmitter, modular receiver, handheld power meter...

Agilent Technologies Inc. recently announced that Bureau Veritas ADT, Taiwan's leading WiMAX™ testing and certification company, awarded Agilent a contract for Mobile WiMAX Protocol Conformance Test (PCT). Bureau Veritas ADT provides Mobile WiMAX testing and certification services to the international community and will use Agilent's N6430A Mobile WiMAX PCT...

Agilent Technologies Inc. demonstrated its full range portfolio of WiMAX test solutions April 9-10 at the Suntec Convention Center, Booth 34. Agilent's test solutions address the WiMAX test requirements in design verification, pre-conformance, conformance, network deployment and service assurance. These test solutions enable engineers and managers in R&D, manufacturing...

INTRODUCTION This paper is concerned with the connection between the varactor equivalent circuit and harmonic generator performance. Substantial progress has recently been made in the detailed analysis of multiplier circuits by several workers; these results will likely be published in the near future. Instead of borrowing from these new...