Articles by Microwave Journal

The 2008 Super Bowl showcased not only athletic talent but also the growing presence of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) technology. Both the New York Giants and the New England Patriots employed cellular M2M and GPS systems in team vehicles, ensuring the wellbeing of all players and employees by tracking each vehicle’s...

Clean technologies represent a huge component of the future of Silicon Valley. Investment in the sector is growing dramatically from an estimated $917 M in VC funding in 2005 to a projected $19 B by the year 2010. Solar and LED technologies stand to be the areas with the...

The Ethernet Alliance announced the formation of the Small Form Factor Pluggable Module/Electronic Dispersion Compensation (SFP+/EDC) subcommittee, formerly known as the 10GBASE-LRM subcommittee. The mission of the SFP+/EDC subcommittee is to promote 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) by providing information and education on the new SFP+ form factor and associated...

Rohde & Schwarz UK has provided Brunel University’s Wireless Network & Communications Group (WNCG) with a 40 GHz R&S®ZVA vector network analyzer, a 6 GHz vector signal generator, and a 6 GHz spectrum analyzer to start important work on mesh network applications in accordance with IEEE 802.15.3 Task Group...

Astrium Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS Astrium, has opened a new teleport in Toulouse, thereby adding a satellite infrastructure network in France to the existing networks the company already has in the United Kingdom and Germany. With the new teleport, the company can now offer its government...

NATS, the UK’s leading provider of air traffic services, has awarded Indra a contract worth € 67 million, whereby the two companies will work together on a complex and technically demanding project to build the next generation of flight data processing equipment. The project is designed to operate within...

Rohde & Schwarz has joined the LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI), through which leading telecommunications providers and network operators have banded together to promote the further development of broadband mobile radio networks that are based on UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. By becoming a member, the company will contribute...

An agreement has been finalized through which the Shared Spectrum Co.’s (SSC) dynamic spectrum access (DSA) technology will be integrated into Thales Communications Inc’s field-ready military radios. The agreement is part of Phase III of the neXt Generation Communications (XG) Program being managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

The WiMAX Forum® has designated the Aeroflex/AT4 wireless MINT223x protocol conformance test (PCT) system and AT4 wireless MINT T2110 radio conformance test (RCT) system as official test equipment for WiMAX Certification (802.16-2005). Furthermore, both systems have been installed and are being actively used for WiMAX equipment certification at the...

Following Thailand’s purchase of an integrated air surveillance system from Sweden in a government to government deal, FMV, the Swedish Defense Material Administration, has placed a contract with Saab valued at $310 M for the development and production of the systems. Deliveries will take place during 2011. The order...