Torleiv Maseng

Torleiv Maseng (born 1946) is a Scandinavian engineer, who worked on the 1982 Global System for Mobile Communications project.

HAPE & ELAB

Maseng received his Masters degree in Radio Communication from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1970. In July 1974 he joined SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) Technical Center in The Hague as a scientist in the Communications Division. He was responsible for the development of the NATO SATCOM Control system. He was also involved in operational planning for the NATO SATCOM system, e.g. frequency planning, power allocation, interference analysis and modem evaluation. He also participated in the production of specifications for procurement of new satellite ground terminals, computer systems and modems for NATO.

In 1982 he was employed by ELAB where he was involved in the design and standardisation of the GSM project. In 1986, he received the SINTEF award for his work on modulation and coding.

Academic career

In October 1993, Maseng was appointed to a chair in Applied Electronics, Radio Technology at the University of Lund, Sweden. In January 1994 he started working as a professor at Department of Applied Electronics. Here he contributed to foundation of the Centre of Excellence of Circuit Design and a research program Personal Computing and Communication which is a national research program financed by the Foundation for Strategic Research.

He later became a Director of Research at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. He also currently serves as a professor at the University of Oslo.

Works

He is the author of more than 100 papers, holds patents and has served as an editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine. He has been listed for the last several years in "Marquis Who's Who".

External links

* [http://www.fsv.no/index.asp Four Seasons Venture]