Test & Measurement: Software Tool Suite Powers WiMAX Signal Generation And Analysis

Feb. 17, 2005
A software tool suite of five different products lends a powerful hand to WiMAX orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signal generation and analysis at the physical layer (PHY). The $9600 Signal Studio (E4438C option H13) enables designers t

A software tool suite of five different products lends a powerful hand to WiMAX orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signal generation and analysis at the physical layer (PHY). The $9600 Signal Studio (E4438C option H13) enables designers to generate IEEE 802.16-2004-compliant signals for component test. The suite contains the $5000 89600 vector signal-analysis software (option B7S OFDM modulation analysis) and the $52,900 E4440 PSA spectrum analyzer with the $29,000 80-MHz digitizer option. Also included is the Advanced Communications Model set in the Advanced Design System 2004A, which starts at $9230.

Agilent Technologies Inc.www.agilent.com; (800) 829-4444, item #7954

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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.

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