Hello all, Please join us for the monthly meeting of the IEEE-EMCS SCV Chapter on Tuesday March 14, 2006. Food and beverages are provided.
The meeting will start at 5:30 PM with a social, followed by a presentation by Mr. Michael Heckrotte on The New FCC Regulations on Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) in the 5 GHz WLAN band. The announcements for potential open positions in the field of EMC and SI will be made at the meeting commencement. Below, please find the detailed meeting announcement and the speaker's bio. Regards, Oscar Fallah Secretary ___________________________________________________ IEEE/EMC Society Meeting March 14, 2006 Time: Social 5:30 p.m. Presentation 7:00 p.m. Place: Applied Materials Bowers Cafeteria 3090 Bowers Ave. , Santa Clara, CA 95051-0804 Subject: "Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) in the 5 GHz WLAN bands – The New FCC Regulations" Speaker: Michael Heckrotte Abstract: Two years ago the FCC opened up the spectrum from 5470 to 5725 MHz and allocated this band for dual use. The existing licensed users will continue to be primary and the new unlicensed users are secondary, hence the unlicensed users must not interfere with the licensed users. The primary users are typically radar systems, while the secondary users are expected to consist mainly of Wireless Local Area Network transceivers. In order to provide the necessary spectrum protection, a WLAN must first listen on the intended channel of operation to determine if any nearby radar is currently operating on that channel. The FCC has not yet issued any Grants of Certification for unlicensed devices due to some significant technical issues which have only recently been resolved. This presentation will cover the resolution of these issues, the requirements and test procedures, and the anticipated time line for implementing and releasing the new rules. Speaker Bio: Michael Heckrotte received his B.S. degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College. Upon graduation he joined Hewlett-Packard and established a career focused on advancing the state of the art of microwave instrumentation and frequency-domain measurement techniques. Mike has since applied his RF and microwave background to specialize in electromagnetic compatibility. He has in-depth experience with a diverse set of product families and their associated regulatory and compliance issues. He has served on a number of US and international standards committees, notably for powered wheelchair EMC and DFS. Mike is currently the Engineering Manager at Compliance Certification Services, which is an independent EMC laboratory that specializes in the testing and certification of wireless radios. CCS has been very involved with DFS testing since 2002, when the first ETSI standard incorporating this requirement was published. Mike can be reached at: Tel: (408) 463-0885 ext. 121 Fax: (408) 463-0888 <mailto:michael.heckrotte%40ccsemc.com> michael.heckro...@ccsemc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc