Articles by Microwave Journal

The Dutch ministry of defence has awarded a contract to EADS to supply technical systems for Future Ground Based Air Defence (FGBAD). FGBAD NL is the reconnaissance and command system of the future for the Dutch army’s anti-aircraft operations. It will modernise the air surveillance network and ensure the...

UK science and technology research company, QinetiQ, and US broadband service provider, dataBahn, have revealed the result of collaboration to develop low cost ‘pop up’ satellite antennas, designed to provide cost-effective broadband connectivity for a wide range of global connectivity applications. The auto-aligning robotic satellite antenna platforms will provide...

Increased deployment and aggressive pricing of WiFi capabilities from operators such as SBC, AT&T and MCI, as well as the increased provisioning of free WiFi hotspots will place as much as $12 B of projected profits of US wireless operators at risk, according to new analysis from Strategy Analytics....

According to In-Stat, the Federal Communication Commission has announced its decision to expand the rules of Ultrawideband (UWB). In-Stat sees the FCC’s approval of the waiver that was previously requested by the MBOA Special Interest Group as a positive move. The waiver that was granted allows the power measurement...

Advanced Wireless Communications – 4G Technologies Savo G. Glisic John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 877 pages; $155 ISBN: 0-470-86776-0 At the present time, the wireless communications research community and industry are about to start discussions on standardization activities for the fourth generation (4G) of these systems. In the past,...

New Waves: MTT-S Product Showcase The following booth numbers are complete as of April 15, 2005 Aluminum Flange Stock This aluminum waveguide flange stock is available in sizes ranging from WR22 to WR137 and double ridged sizes WRD 180, 580, 650 and 750. This 6063 extruded aluminum material precludes...

The IEEE has begun work on two amendments to the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN). One will aid in interworking between IEEE 802.11 equipment and external networks and the other will enhance how network stations are managed. IEEE P802.11u, “Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC)...

Due to intense vendor price competition and cellular operator negotiating clout, the power amplifier segment of both cellular infrastructure markets and handset markets has seen falling average selling prices (ASP) over the last several years, especially in the more mature markets such as GSM. But with the advent of...

In North America, those big utility dollies used at airports, the ones that are pulled around by little tractors, cost about $5000 each. There are many thousands of them in airports around the continent. And believe it or not, airlines “lose” them frequently — through carelessness, theft, or “borrowing”...

Digital CATV services will generate higher performance requirements from infrastructure components that will be suited to GaAs semiconductor capabilities, according to the latest Strategy Analytics study, “GaAs Will Drive Digital CATV Revolution.” By 2009, GaAs-based MMICs and hybrids will account for 75 percent of the total semiconductor content in...