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OEM Solutions for New Mobility & Technology
Mobile Antenna Systems 2012 brings the industry together to evaluate new market opportunities, imple-ment new technologies and discover future applications and technical developments. This symposium will have four tracks to address the antenna market including antenna design, integration & manufactur-ing, 4G developments & insights, emerging & growth applications, and supporting technology & integra-tion. Each track is designed to cover the latest advancements in the applications, technology, materials, and economic development of antennas and antenna systems.
OEMs Whose Products Incorporate Antennas: Design engineers, CTOs, advanced technology strat-egists and analysts with manufacturers who integrate antennas into their products. Serving development professionals whose products depend upon state-of-the art wireless communications technology for opti-mal and competitive performance.
Carriers & Operators of Communication Systems: Engineering, technical and operations professionals responsible for communication systems that utilize 4G, LTE, WiMAX, MIMO, WLAN, DAS and other wireless services and technologies. Serving system design, service, test and operations professionals.
Manufacturers of Antennas andCommunications Equipment: Engineering, management, market development and technical professionals with manufacturers of anten-nas and wireless communications products such as embedded, mini RFID, nanoscale, femtocells, wire-less power and near-field communication antennas.
Suppliers of Components, Materials, Design & Integration Services and Test Equipment
Mobile Antenna Systems 2012 addresses the information needs of these professionals:
Meet the Speakers
Daniel WongDaniel Wireless
Haig Sarkissian Wireless 20/20
Devis IelliciAntenova
Dr. Joy Zhang Broadcom Corp.
Thorsten Hertel Rohde & Schwarz
USA, Inc.
David Barker Quintel
Technology
Dr. Rensheng Sun EM Software &
Systems USA, Inc.
Bill Bidermann Airgain, Inc.
Dr. Theodore Anderson
Haleakala R&D
Mark Giannini Accel Networks
If the performance of your product or service depends on an antenna, this conference is for you!
Mobile Antenna Systems
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6 Supporting Organizations
6 Supplemental Articles
7 Sponsors & Exhibitors
8 Registration Hotel Information
8 Co-Located Conferences
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7:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM Keynote PresentationThe Year of LTE Barely 10 years after the first 3G wireless systems were deployed in the world, we are seeing the emergence of the next step in wireless evolution, LTE (Long Term Evo-lution). This year, there has been an accel-eration in deployment of LTE around the world. It features a new OFDMA-based air interface and an all-IP network architec-ture, plus spectrum flexibility, better support for cell edge users and other improvements over 3G. This session will describe selected highlights of LTE, deployment status and current issues related to LTE such as VOLTE (voice-over-LTE). We will also take a quick look down the road at LTE-Advanced.
Daniel Wong, Ph.D., President • Daniel Wireless LLC
9:00 AM Keynote PresentationThe Role of Antenna Technology on the 4G Service Provider Business CaseOne of the critical challenges facing 3G and 4G Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) is how to deal with the anticipated growth in mobile data consumption. 4G service pro-viders are faced with the challenge of re-ducing their cost-per-bit economics as they try to deal with the impact of this “mobile data tsunami”. Antenna technology can play a significant role in improving the performance of 4G networks which contributes to cost reduction. This session will examine improvements in antenna technology and their impact on the business case of 4G (LTE) service pro-vider. A case study will be showed using the Wireless 20/20 WiROI tool to illustrate the impact of technological improvements on the 4G business case.
Haig Sarkissian, Consultant • Wireless 20/20
10:00 AM Networking Break / Exhibit Hall Opens
10:45 AM Plasma Antennas in Mobile SystemsPlasma antennas have more degrees of freedom than metal antennas making their applications have enormous possi-bilities. Plasma antennas use partially or fully ionized gas as the conducting me-dium instead of metal to create an an-tenna. The advantages of plasma anten-nas are that they are highly reconfigurable and can be turned on and
off. Higher frequency plasma antennas can transmit and receive through lower frequency plasma antennas. The presentation will be on plasma antennas as antennas in mobile systems. This will include plasma antenna applica-tions in GPS aided and GPS free positioning, multihop meshed wireless distribution network architecture, recon-figurable beamwidth and lobe number, adaptive direction-ality, and cell tower settings.
Dr. Theodore R. Anderson, CEOHaleakala Research and Development, Inc.
11:25 AMBase Station Antenna Evolution & RevolutionAttend this presentation to hear how the mobile cellular base station antenna has evolved over the last two decades, from single band vertical polarized to multi-band cross-polarized with electrical tilt features. Most operators now run servic-es across four or five bands and over the next decade there will be more bands plus higher order MIMO antenna tech-niques to exploit for spectral efficiency gains, to satisfy the ever increasing demand for data. In addition to all this, op-erators and OEM vendors are exploring the deployment benefits of active antennas for LTE and LTE-Advanced. How will base station antennas evolve over this decade?
David Barker, CTO • Quintel Technology Ltd.
12:05 PMOptimizing and Sustaining Antenna PerformanceHistorically, changes in antenna orientation have been dis-covered through feedback from customer complaints, sta-tistics read by an RF engineer, trial and error through soft-ware parameter changes, and costly site visits by tower crews to verify if a specific antenna’s orientation has changed. Time is lost and wasted in the troubleshooting process, while wireless customers are negatively affected by the antenna’s improper alignment. Today, with data rates increasing for smart phones and wireless Internet de-vices, antenna positioning and performance is even a more crucial component of quality service. Improper antenna alignment can cause dropped calls, blocked calls, and han-dover failures. For years antennas have installed and align with the use of a very inaccurate magnetic compass. Only recently GPS Antenna Alignment Tools and monitoring de-vices have surfaced in the industry. The topic of discussion is how these new devices can help operators optimize their antenna performance and also sustain that performance for the life of the antenna.
Enzo Dalmazzo, President • 3Z Telecom
12:35 PM Lunch
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2:00 PMRF Channel Characterization with Multiple Antenna Systems4G technologies consider the benefits of multiple antennas but the designer and installer have no information on the channel between antennas, so the RF channel character-ization between antennas becomes an important factor. Attend this session to learn what an RF channel character-ization means and how it can be achieved. The knowledge of the RF channel response at each location allows the de-signer to optimize the network design and the installer to optimize the antenna location.
Leonhard Korowajczuk, CEO/CTO CelPlan Technologies, Inc.
2:40 PMMIMO System Characterization for Next Generation Smart PhonesMIMO technology is known for improving channel capacity and system reliability. While it’s expected to be widely imple-mented in the next generation smart phones, the characterization method for MIMO systems has not been standardized at this time. In this presentation, the exist-ing MIMO test methods will be reviewed and compared. Additionally, the best practice test method-ology will be discussed and real test cases will be demon-strated by using a state of the art MIMO test system.
Dr. Joy Zhang, Senior Staff Hardware ScientistBroadcom Corp.
3:15 PM Networking Break
3:45 PMAntenna Design Considerations for LTEEnabled TabletsLong-term evolution (LTE) is one of the 4G mobile communication technologies that are developed at different frequen-cies, ranging from 400 MHz to 4 GHz with bandwidths up to 20 MHz. LTE al-lows multiple antennas on both ends of the wireless channel i.e. multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) to support high data rate 4G applications. Keeping the modern day miniaturization concept in mind, this talk pres-ents compact LTE antenna designs for tablets that also in-corporate effective matching circuit designs. Another im-portant aspect to account for in LTE applications is the channel capacity. Antenna analysis and channel capacity calculations will be presented.
Dr. Rensheng (Ray) Sun, Senior Application EngineerEM Software & Systems (USA), Inc.
4:25 PMRecent Advances in Body Worn AntennasRadio and wireless networks are finding an increasing role in improving our health and fitness, with mHealth and Sports/Fit-ness becoming some of the most inter-esting and rapidly growing machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. In these health and fitness applications there may be a number of different monitoring, early warning or tracking devices placed on the human body and linked together or to a central unit so that the body’s location and performance can be monitored re-motely. However, the presence of the body generally dra-matically lowers the radiated performance of the antenna. This presentation will give examples of different types of connected devices designed to work in the proximity to the body; e.g. health monitoring, tablets, RFID and tracking devices. It will also discuss SAR compliance, which has become a major issue for many of these devices due to the proximity to the body, often adding extra complexity and cost to the system. Advances in techniques for controlling the electromagnetic field near the antenna/device, which can mitigate these problems and help achieve SAR com-pliance without compromising performance or increasing cost, will also be presented.
Devis Iellici, Director of R&D • Antenova
5:00 PM Cocktail Reception in Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, September 19th
7:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Featured PresentationTemperature Stability in Low Temperature Cofired CeramicsLow temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) is a multilayer 3D packaging, intercon-nection and integration technology. For LTCC modules targeting at radio and mi-crowave frequency (RF and MW) appli-cations, a low or near 0 ppm/°C temper-ature coefficient of resonant frequency (tf) ensures temperature stability of em-bedded resonator and filter functions. The base dielectrics of most commercial LTCC systems have a tf in the range -50 to -80 ppm/°C. This presentation will showcase technologies to achieve temperature stabil-ity in LTCC: 1) a global approach where the LTCC dielec-tric is tuned to have zero tf; and 2) a localized method to achieve a zero tf on embedded resonators by cofiring compensating dielectrics with an opposite tf to that of the host dielectric in a multilayer LTCC structure. Proof-of-concept LTCC filters were fabricated to demonstrate the temperature stability.
Steve Dai, Researcher • Sandia National Laboratories
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9:25 AM New Antenna Technology for Fixed Wireless Site Optimization4G has the potential to be an inflection point for the business-grade broadband industry just as DLS was in the late 1990s. But the potential is not based LTE versus HSPA Plus, or even the equip-ment located at the cell tower. There is more to 4G than mobile service and the difference is Maestro. How can business-es transition to 4G smoothly and be cer-tain that service at the site is consistent and stable? What makes 4G work for business is not a simple equipment up-grade at the cell tower. This session will look at real world examples of how enterprise multi-location businesses are incorporating 4G into their wide area network, taking ad-vantage of the promises of 4G, increased speed, reliability, coverage and security. Attendees will learn the difference in terms of challenges and technology differences between 4G for mobile and 4G for fixed wireless. In addition, attend-ees will also gain insight into the physics behind fixed cel-lular optimization and the relationship between the tower and the business Finally, a discussion regarding the indus-try inflection between wired and wireless business grade service that 4G represents will illuminate the market oppor-tunity on the B2B side of the industry.
Mark Giannini, Co-Founder, CEO and Director Accel Networks
10:00 AM Networking Break / Exhibit Hall Opens
10:30 AM Business Cases for Deploying Base Station Antennas to Maximize Capacity, Coverage and ROILearn what new antenna technologies operators can im-plement to overcome growing 4G wireless network cover-age challenges. By investigating the latest advancements in multiband and wideband antennas, in addition to Active Array Antenna developments, attendees will pinpoint the solutions that best fit their 4G deployment needs, while supporting 3G customers. Sharma will walk through real world examples and discuss lessons learned and ROI, so attendees gain tangible techniques and tips to take back to their organization to enhance 4G network coverage.
Sarvesh Sharma, VP of Global Site Solutions Powerwave Technologies
11:10 AMSupporting 802.11ac Advancement with Repeatable MIMO Testing And Device IntegrationThe new 802.11ac wireless standard will deliver longer range and significantly im-prove performance, given devices will contain up to eight antennas. Proprie-tary OTA testing and evaluation for these MIMO antenna systems has been created to ensure predictability and re-peatability in the 5 GHz Wi-Fi band. This session will explore performance evalu-ation metrics, simulation, and measurement methodolo-gies for improved design considerations and 802.11ac device integration.
Bill Bidermann, Vice President, Engineering • Airgain, Inc.
11:50 AMMIMO OTA Decomposition Approach Over-the-air (OTA) testing is an estab-lished technique used to measure the wireless system performance of mobile devices in addition to characterizing the antenna subsystem. 3D radiation pat-terns of transmit power and receive sen-sitivity are used to determine a figure of merit (FOM) for the transmitter and the receiver performance, i.e., Total Radiated Power (TRP) and Total Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS), respec-tively. For LTE, most attention is focused on the MIMO re-ceiver chain evaluation. Discussions have been ongoing for quite some time on how OTA testing can be updated to support LTE MIMO. The LTE MIMO OTA decomposition approach determines separate FOMs for the key MIMO re-ceiver chain subsystems. The conducted MIMO test is uti-lizing a fading simulator to introduce dynamic fading and is used to determine a FOM for the MIMO receiver perfor-mance. The radiated test is performed without the introduc-tion of fading profiles inside the anechoic chamber and is used to determine a FOM for the MIMO receive antenna pair with the device tested in the OLSM transmission scheme. The FOM for the overall MIMO performance of the DUT is a combination of the FOMs from each test (con-ducted and radiated). Splitting up the MIMO wireless sys-tem performance testing into two straightforward and cost effective tests provides more information about the DUT performance than performing a complex single test. The radiated tests take realistic angles of arrival (AoAs) for the MIMO streams into account and provide sufficient control over the AoAs in 3D by defining the origins and the polar-izations of the MIMO streams. In addition to providing an antenna specific FOM, the radiated test can be used to provide a FOM for device performance with the DUT ex-posed to basic MIMO conditions as device-level perfor-mance metrics are captured by default.
Thorsten Hertel, PhD, OTA Product SpecialistRohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.
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Supporting Organizations and Media Sponsors
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PMMultiple Planar Near Field Measurements for the Far Field Characterization of Mobile Device AntennasThis presentation will demonstrate how the planar near-field measurement ap-proach can be used to quickly character-ize mobile device antennas. Typically the planar method is only used for directive antennas but by using multiple planar measurements combined with very close measurement spacing this method can provide accurate spherical far-field pat-terns for almost any antenna type. Techniques like probe arrays and a spatial phase reference can be used so that even complex measures of active devices like envelope correlation can be made in minutes.
Ruska Patton, Director of Product Management EMSCAN Corp.
2:10 PMDual Polarized Antenna Array on Very Thick SubstrateDual polarized antennas are used exten-sively in the wireless industry. Compact designs and low cross polarization inter-ference are desired for many different types of wireless applications including mobile phones, VoIP, internet and wire-less CCTV. Attend this session to learn about a new dual polarized square patch array. This array uses a feed network that reduces cross polarization via cancellation. Measure-ments show there is an improvement in performance with such a feed. Such a system allows for a more compact an-tenna system with increased bandwidth and isolation.
Dr. John Howard, President & CEO Chuck W. Fung, RF Engineer
Electromagnetic Technologies Industries, Inc.
2:45 PM Conference Conclusion
Supplemental Articles to Conference Presentations
These supplemental articles can be found in the Antenna Systems & Technology Conference Show Issue: (click on the headline)
Performance Evaluation of Antenna Integration on Mobile Devices Through Full-Wave AnalysisBy Dr. Rensheng (Ray) Sun, Senior Application Engineer EM Software & Systems (USA), Inc.
Base Station Antenna Evolution and RevolutionBy David Barker, CTO • Quintel Technology Ltd.
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Alpha EnergyArbin InstrumentsCD-AdapcoCSE-SemaphoreCXR LarusDLS Electronic Systems Inc.Durex IndustriesElectrochem Solutions, Inc.Element Materials Technology War-ren, Inc.Emergency Power Services Co.
Flir SystemsGE Digital EnergyGKN Sinter MetalsICC NexergyIntellivision Technologies CorpInterconnect Devices, Inc.iTechK2 EnergyMaccorNetComm Wireless Limited NettedAutomation GmbH
NetzschNY-BestOptima Telecom Inc.Recursion Software Inc.RIACRogue Engineering Inc.Shenzhen Ritar Power Co., Ltd.Southwest WindpowerTA InstrumentsThermal Hazard Technology Inc.TUV SUD America, Inc.
Co-Located Exhibitors Include:
Contact Sue Hannebrink for more information to get your company involved this year.
[email protected] or call 330-725-5812
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Full Conference Pass (two day pass)Includes access to Antenna sessions, combined exhibit hall for all four co-located events, networking breaks and the cocktail reception. (1 person) (2 people) (3 people) $995 $895 $795
Online registration closes September 11th; onsite pricing begins. (1 person) (2 people) (3 people) $1,295 $1,195 $1,095
Single Day Pass: $595 Provides access to either one of the individual days. Online registration closes September 11th; onsite pricing begins: $795
Federal Pass: $595 Discounted rate for Federal, State, County and local entities including military.
Expo Only Pass: $50(One registration valid for all four co-located exhibits)
Two Day Pass Provides access to both days of all of the co-located conferences (Advancements in Thermal Man-agement, Mobile Antenna Systems, Battery Power, and Remote Monitoring & Control), combined exhibit hall for all four co-located events, networking breaks and reception.
(1 person) (2 people) (3 people) $1,295 $1,195 $1,095
Online registration closes September 11th; onsite pricing begins. (1 person) (2 people) (3 people) $1,595 $1,495 $1,395
Mobile Antenna Systems 2012
Hotel InformationStay where the conference is! Mobile Antenna Systems 2012 will be held at the Hyatt Denver Tech Center. Mention Webcom Communications when registering.
Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center7800 East Tufts Ave.Denver, CO 80237
Phone: 1-888-421-1442
For an Extra $300, Attend all Co-Located Conference Sessions
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