ARTICLES

Precision Eb/No Generators for BER Testing to 44 GHz

With the continually increasing complexity of digital modulation techniques employed in wireless and satellite communications systems, instruments that accurately generate and maintain a set level of bit energy-to-noise density ratio (E b /N o ) have become valued tools in optimizing bit-error rate (BER) performance. These instruments have been...
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A PHS Test System for Japan

This month's cover features a personal handyphone test system developed in response to a Japanese customer's request for a test solution to increase capacity and reduce multipath propagation effects
A PHS Test System for Japan Noise Com Inc. Paramus, NJ The personal handyphone system (PHS) provides wireless communication to more than three million subscribers in Asia. One of the major PHS operators in Japan plans to employ maximum ratio-combining diversity with four (and optionally eight) antennas to increase...
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