Title: Experimental Antenna Research - Past and Future
Speaker: Prof. Gert Frølund Pedersen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Venue: CNV Building A6, Room A6411
Time: April 11th, 2024 10:00-12:00AM
Abstract: Since the first mobile terminals and phones entered the market, many works on their actual coverage in the network have been carried out and troubles with the coverage reported. Now we have 5G advanced systems and the coverage is surely much better, but is the problem of good coverage everywhere solved? The talk will give a historical overview of the development of the methods used for evaluating the ability of a mobile phone to provide good coverage, including the vast experimental setups used and concluding with the Over The Air (OTA) measurements used worldwide today. Results of OTA performance evaluation of mobile phones done over the years for the Danish authorities will be shown, including the latest report listing the most popular phone models from spring 2023. Also the latest experimental setup in Aalborg will be shown - a large anechoic room which can take objects up to 3500 kg and measure all frequencies from around 100 MHz to THz. Examples of large constructions which can be measured are given; Wind turbine blades, live fighter jets and surely cars.
Gert Frølund Pedersen
Bio: Gert Frølund Pedersen was born December 2nd 1965 in Denmark. He is married to Henriette D. S. Pedersen since 1991 and has seven children, 2 boys and 5 girls. He received the B.Sc. E. E. degree, with honours, in electrical engineering from the College of Technology, Dublin, Ireland in 1991, and the M.Sc. E. E. degree and Ph. D. from Aalborg University, Denmark in 1993 and 2003. He has been employed by Aalborg University since 1993 where he is now a full Professor, heading the Antenna, Propagation and Millimetre-wave Systems section with more than 30 full-time researchers. His research has focused on radio communication for mobile terminals including small antennas, antenna systems, radio propagation and biological effects. He started the area of Over The Air (OTA) test for small active terminals including the antenna and developed the measuring setup, now used worldwide. He invented the integrated antenna in 1994 for mobile phones, used in most mobile phones today. He has worked closely with both national and international companies and designed more than 100 unique antenna solutions. He is currently involved in antenna systems for small devices, Satellites and 6G. His research merits include PI funding of more than 75 M€ mainly jointly with industry, and has published over 250 journal papers, 300 conference papers and holds more than 50 granted patents.
