Wireless Show takes Aim At Systems

Feb. 4, 2002

The newly dubbed Wireless Systems Design Conference and Expo has expanded to systems-level wireless issues. As the Wireless/Portable Symposium, the annual event was known as a cell-phone show. But this year's eight technical tracks range from Bluetooth/Short-Range Communications to Wireless Modeling/Test & Measurement to Wireless Networking. Six full-day workshops also are on the agenda.

The technical sessions include some thought-provoking presentations. For example, the paper "Does Voice Over RF Transmission Using Low-Cost Devices In The 900-MHz ISM Band Make Sense?" takes a critical look at how RF transmissions might compete with those of Bluetooth signals. "Is Broadband Wireless Ready For Prime Time?" suggests that the home-access technology has not lived up to expectations.

The show will run Feb. 25-28 at the San Jose Convention Center, Calif. For details, go to www.wirelesssystems2002.com.

About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.