AT4 wireless Authorized For Wi-Fi RF Performance Testing

May 15, 2008

Global testing facility AT4 wireless (Malaga, Spain) has been authorized by the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA) and the Wi-Fi Alliance to perform full RF testing of Wi-Fi Mobile Converged Devices. The accreditation adds to the number of technologies that the test facility can evaluate, including testing of total radiated power, total isotropic sensitivity, and de-sensitivity (with other wireless technologies).

As Jose de la Plaza, Wireless Laboratory manager at AT4 wireless, notes: "Our Over-The-Air facility covers 2.5G, 3.5G, WLAN, Bluetooth and WiMAX testing. These technologies are now more and more implemented jointly in products such as mobile phones, notebooks, PDAs to facilitate the access to Internet everywhere and makes communication easier." He adds that "The co-existence of several wireless technologies within the same device demands a dedicated care from designers when defining the RF performance of the complete device."

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.