RF Antenna Beam Forming: Focusing and Steering in Near and Far Field

About Heinz SchmiedelShun-Ping Chen

Dr. Shun-Ping Chen studied Electrical Engineering with majors in High Frequency Engineering Telecommunication Technologies and Systems at the Technical University Braunschweig Germany and received his Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degree with a thesis on Investigation of Various Components of the Optoelectronic Integration in 1992 before he worked as Research and Development Engineer and Project Manager at the research center of Fuba engaged in Microwave Engineering Antenna Design Broadband CATV Network Planning and Optimization projects. In 1995 he became Project Engineer Project Manager Group Leader and Head of Department at the German Mobile Network Operator E-Plus now merged into O2 Telefonica Germany where he was responsible for Transport Network Planning & Systems and also proposed and conducted the Fiber Optical SDH/DWDM Backbone Network Project. From 2003 until 2008 he was CTO and IT Director of different German Companies in the fields of Electronics News Media and Transport Logistics. Since 2008 Dr. Chen is Professor of Communication Technologies and Networks at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Germany.   Dr. Heinz Schmiedel studied Electrical Engineering at the Technische Hochschule MittelhessenUniversity of Applied Sciences and received his Bachelors degree in 1975. He earned his Masters degree and Dr.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from University Bremen in 1979 and 1983 respectively. Research interests were in the field of simulating and designing microwave components. After he joined Deutsche Bundespost (now Deutsche Telekom) he did research on satellite links with the Research Institute of Deutsche Bundespost Darmstadt Germany. From 1990 to 2020 he was Professor with the University of Applied Sciences FH Dieburg Germany with teaching and research emphasis on microwave components and systems. Since 2000 he is with the University of Applied Sciences Hochschule Darmstadt Germany. His continued teaching and research interests are in the field of microwave components and systems measurement technology satellite communications and numerical optimization procedures.