News and Information from Besser Associates • December 2007
In this issue:
- Next Free Webcast: Electrically Small Antennas
- Next Webinar: RF Fundamentals
- New Course on Mobile Broadband
- Upcoming Courses - San Diego February 2008
Happy Holidays!
All of us at Besser Associates would like to give you our best wishes for a Happy Holiday season!
Next Free Webcast: Electrically Small Antennas
The 2007/2008 Webinar series from Microwave Journal and Besser Associates continues this month with a tutorial on Electrically Small Antennas . Instructor Steven Best will present the upcoming FREE webcast on December 18 , 2007 at 11AM Eastern Time . This 45 minute presentation is designed to provide The webinar provides an understanding of basic antenna property definitions such as impedance, bandwidth and quality factor with a focus on electrically small antennas. Anyone working within the field of general RF systems, wireless, cellular and microwave systems will benefit by attending. Don't miss out on this opportunity to see the presentation and ask questions in the Q&A session that follows. Visit the Microwave Journal Resources page for more information about the upcoming webcast, and to sign up. You can also view the recorded sessions of previous webcasts in the series.
Next Webinar: RF Fundamentals
Our next webinar course, RF Fundamentals, will be presented January 28-February 1, 2008 by Les Besser. This course provides circuit-level designers with the essential concepts needed to work effectively with high frequency electronics. Participants gain analytical, graphical, and computer-aided techniques to analyze and optimize RF circuits in practical situations. The course addresses linear active circuit design, focusing on stability, bandwidth, and noise considerations. The webinars are offered as five, 90-minute live web-conference sessions where you can ask questions and view CAD examples from the instructor's computer. Just log-in from your computer with a high speed internet connection and speakers or headphones. The amount of material covered is roughly equivalent to a one-day classroom course.
New Course on Mobile Broadband in February
Our new three-day course, Mobile Broadband Wireless Access, provides a detailed review of the system architectures, principles involved, and techniques applied, in mobile WiMAX, EV-DO, and HSDPA/HSUPA mobile broadband access (MBWA) systems. The typical types of packet switched data conveyed by such systems are studied. Key enabling technologies are presented including: relevant digital modulation techniques, error detection/correction methods, and multiple access and NLOS techniques employed in Point-to Multipoint (PMP) systems. The non-line-of-sight (NLOS) mobile wireless fading path is reviewed and methods for analyzing coverage outlined. Key physical layer and MAC features of the relevant standards are presented. Finally the performance of the three systems are reviewed and compared.
Doug Morais has over 30 years of experience in wireless design and management. Before starting Adroit Wireless Strategies, a wireless consulting company, he held executive management positions at Harris Corporation, Digital Microwave Corporation (now Stratex Networks), California Microwave Inc., and Ortel Corporation. At Harris, he held microwave radio design and engineering management positions for 11 years. He has authored several papers on digital microwave communications and the book Fixed Broadband Wireless Communications (scheduled for publication by Prentice-Hall in early 2004). He holds a U.S. patent that addresses point-to-multipoint microwave radio communications. He has a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, is a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of the IEEE Communications Society.
Course 195-3884:Feb 27-Feb 29, 2008: San Diego, CA Presented by Douglas H. Morais Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395
Upcoming Courses - San Diego 2008
Sign up now for our courses in San Diego, February 2008.
| Applied RF Techniques I | |
| Feb 25-Feb 29, 2008 | Course 001-3888 |
| Presented by Les Besser | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1995, otherwise pay $2195  |
| Antennas & Propagation for Wireless Communications | |
| Feb 25-Feb 27, 2008 | Course 037-3890 |
| Presented by Steven Best | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
| Frequency Synthesis and Phase-Locked Loop Design | |
| Feb 25-Feb 27, 2008 | Course 052-3883 |
| Presented by Eric Drucker | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
| RF CMOS Design | |
| Feb 25-Feb 26, 2008 | Course 084-3881 |
| Presented by James Young | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $795, otherwise pay $895 |
| Security for 802.11 Wireless LAN | |
| Feb 25-Feb 27, 2008 | Course 151-3885 |
| Presented by Robert K. Morrow | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1595, otherwise pay $1695 |
| Radio System Design - Theory and Practice | |
| Feb 25-Feb 29, 2008 | Course 180-3887 |
| Presented by Richard Ranson | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1995, otherwise pay $2195 |
| RF and Wireless Made Simple | |
| Feb 27-Feb 29, 2008 | Course 004-3882 |
| Presented by Al Scott | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
| DSP Made Simple for Engineers | |
| Feb 27-Feb 29, 2008 | Course 027-3889 |
| Presented by Rick Lyons | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
| RF and High Speed PC Board Design Fundamentals | |
| Feb 27-Feb 29, 2008 | Course 042-3886 |
| Presented by Rick Fornes | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
| Designing High Efficiency RF Power Amplifiers | |
| Feb 27-Feb 29, 2008 | Course 148-3903 |
| Presented by Ed Niehenke | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
| Mobile Broadband Wireless Access | |
| Feb 27-Feb 29, 2008 | Course 195-3884 |
| Presented by Douglas H. Morais | Register by 1/21/2008 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
