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Wireless Networking

Designers of communications devices for wireless networking applications and for standards such as Bluetooth and WLAN 802.11a/b find extensive design, simulation, and models support already built into Advanced Design System (ADS).

Additional design support is provided by a growing number of examples and training classes, and by Agilent EEsof EDA technical support.

Click on any of the links on this page to learn more about examples and products using EDA tools from Agilent EEsof EDA.

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Advanced WLAN Receiver Testing eSeminar
Tuesday 22 July 2003

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 Products
Agilent EEsof EDA products that support wireless networking applications include the following:
Advanced Design System (ADS) Bundled Suites
• Communication Systems Designer
Individual ADS Modules
• Design Environment
• Data Display
Design Libraries
• 5-GHz Wireless LAN Design Library
 DesignGuides
DesignGuides for Advanced Design System guide you through complex multi-step design flows and automate the setup, simulation, and data display of complete designs.
DesignGuides Overview
Product Description Data Sheet (PDF, 2.0 MB)
Bluetooth DesignGuide
Product Description
Wireless LAN DesignGuide
Product Description
 Customer Success Stories
• Agilent Advanced Design System significantly improves accuracy for RFIC design at Agilent's Wireless Semiconductor Division
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• System Designer at Ericsson finds Success Building DECT Designs
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• Philips Semiconductors reduces design time using Advanced Design System (ADS)
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• Signia Technologies uses Agilent Technologies solutions to improve Bluetooth IC design predictability
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• STMicroelectronics Credits ADS Co-simulation as Catalyst Behind Innovative Digital Satellite IC
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• Toshiba Designs Innovative GSM Chipset Using Agilent's Advanced Design System
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 Contact Agilent EEsof EDA
To contact an Agilent Technologies representative by telephone for help with Product Selection and Product Purchase, click on the following link:
• Sales
To send an e-mail message to Agilent EEsof EDA, click on the following link:
• Send E-mail to Agilent EEsof EDA
 
 Examples

Project example files showing the use of Advanced Design System in wireless LAN design are available in the Wireless LAN DesignGuide. Details on these examples appear in the online manual: WLAN DesignGuide.
 

Support Examples
Support examples can be found in the
Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center.

 

 Design Seminars
NetSeminar: The Bluetooth Challenge: Design & Test for Low Cost
Cory Edelman, Ian Jordan, and Joe Paulino, Agilent Technologies, 24 May 2002
Archived NetSeminar Presentation (Web Site, Brief Registration Required)

NetSeminar: Wireless LAN - A Unified Physical Layer Design and Measurement Environment
Afshin Amini, Joe Troychak, Agilent Technologies, 6 March 2002
Archived NetSeminar Presentation (Web Site, Brief Registration Required)

Wireless Networking Design Seminar
Agilent Technologies, November 2001 - January 2002
Summaries, Links, and ADS Files (Abstracts, Links)
Paper 1. Wireless Networking Design and Verification (PDF, 4.7 MB)
ADS Project: WNet80211a (ZAP, 67 KB)
ADS Project: VSA_dot11b (ZAP, 2.1 MB)
ADS Project: VSA_Source_ADS2002 (ZAP, 1.0 MB)
ADS Project: VSA_Bluetooth_TIS2 (ZAP, 34 KB)
Paper 2. Measuring and Troubleshooting OFDM Wireless LAN Signal Quality (PDF, 2.9 MB)
Paper 3. Simulation of Wireless LAN System (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Paper 4. Simulation of OFDM Impairments Using ADS WLAN 802.11a Library and DesignGuide (PDF, 948 KB)

Bluetooth Technology
Joe Paulino, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Overview and Specifications (PDF, 183 KB)
Design and Simulation of a Transceiver (PDF, 467 KB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 739 KB)

 Training Classes
• Overview: Customer Education
• Advanced Design System Fundamentals
• Using ADS Communication Systems Designer
• Signal Processing Using Advanced Design System
• Agilent EEsof EDA Web-Based Training
 Agilent Publications and Links
Application Notes
• IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN PHY Layer (RF) Operation and Measurement. (PDF, 1.6 MB). Application Note 1380-2. 28 pages. 1 April 2002.
• Low Noise Amplifier for 3.5 GHz using the Agilent ATF-35143 Low Noise PHEMT. (PDF, 69 KB). Application Note AN-1271. 8 pages. 3 January 2002.
• Low Noise Amplifiers for 5.125 - 5.325 GHz and 5.725 - 5.825 GHz Using the ATF-55143 Low Noise PHEMT. (PDF, 72 KB). Application Note AN-1285. 8 pages. 24 April 2002.
• A 802.11a WLAN Driver Amplifier Using the Agilent Enhancement Mode PHEMT ATF-54143 Transistor. (PDF, 71 KB). Application Note AN-1286. 8 pages. 24 April 2002.
• Designing to Digital Wireless Specifications Using Circuit Envelope Simulation. (PDF, 224 KB)
• Developing an Environment for Mixed RF and DSP Design. (PDF, 485 KB)
 Technical Articles and Links
• Cheryl Ajluni, Editor, Software Drives Ultra Wideband Home, Cover Story, Wireless System Design, July/August 2004. Current issue: Wireless System Design.

• Kerry Z. Cai and Pengfei Zhang, RF Micro Devices Inc., The Effects of IP2 Impairment on an 802.11a OFDM Direct Conversion Radio System, Microwave Journal, February 2004. Current issue: Microwave Journal.

• Mattias Wågman, Swedish Socware Transceiver Demonstrator Project, Transceiver project heads toward new tapeout, EE Times, 21 May 2003. Current issue: EE Times.

• Dingqing Lu and Jinbiao Xu, Agilent Technologies, A WLAN Test System Using Test Equipment With EDA Software, analogZONE, 23-page technical paper, 5 May 2003. PDF Version (210 KB). Current Issue: analogZONE.

• Chris Mueth, Design/Verification Tools Tame Complex System Designs, Microwaves & RF, PDF file, 224 KB, October 2002. Current Issue: Microwaves & RF.

• Steven Selby, Innovative Wireless Technologies, Afshin Amini and Cory Edelman, Agilent Technologies, Simulating Interference Issues Between Bluetooth PANs and 802.11g WLANs, 14-page technical paper, 30 April 2002.

• Dingqing Lu, et al., Agilent Technologies, RF Simulation Improves 802.11a System Performance, CommsDesign, February 2002. Current Issue: CommsDesign.

• Afshin Amini, Dingqing Lu, Cory Edelman, Effects of High Peak-to-Average Ratio on 5 GHz WLAN Power Amplifiers, 24-page technical paper (PDF file, 2.8 MB), DesignCon 2002, 28 January 2002.