Brian Collins

Links *Brian Collins' selection of useful links and resources*
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*Professional Institutions*	IET (was IEE) (UK) IEEE (USA) IEEE Communications Society IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
Standards and regulation	3G Planning Partnership (3GPP) Antenna Interface Standards Group (AISG) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Deutsche Institute für Normung (DIN) European Communications Office (ERO) European Telecoms Standards Institute (ETSI) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) GSM MOU Organisation (GSM MoU) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) International Standards Organisation (ISO) International Telecommunications Union (ITU) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST - US) UK Office for Communications (Ofcom)
*Industry bodies*	CTIA PCIA TIG The TETRA Industry Group
*Links to other Consultants*	Click here for links to other consultants who are members of the IEE Consultants Professional Group PG-M9
*Antenna and communications research groups*	Birmingham University Bristol University CRC Griffith University (Queensland, Australia) Ohio State: ElectroScience Lab Queen Mary, University of London Queen's University Belfast Sheffield University UCLA Wireless Adaptive Mobility Lab University College London University of Kent at Canterbury University of Michigan RADLAB Virginia Tech: Center for Wireless Communications
Safety issues concerning non-ionizing radiation (RADHAZ), with particular emphasis on the current state of research into potential health effects Organizations, current reports and bibliographies	Organizations Australian Centre for Radiofrequncy Bioeffects Research Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) resources include on-site measured data and Public Health Complaints Register German Mobile Telecommunications Research Program European BioElectromagnetics Association has a selection of links to other European resources FCC documents on Radiation Safety ICNIRP International Committee on Non-ionising Radiation Protection, which has set the current international exposure limits Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (UK) HPA (UK) ( Radiation Protection Services) US FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health World Health Organization: Electromagnetic Fields National Register of RF Workers UKgroup linking organisations interested in safety, measurement and medical research. Reports and other documents (by date) The Precautionary Principle in the Context of Mobile Phone and Base Station Radiofrequency Exposures (M Dolan and J Rowley, May 2009) With extensive and up to date bibliography IET Position statement (May 2008) MTHR Report 2007 An update on research findings and new work in the UK Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: Case control study One of the latest long-term studies published (BMJ short paper) Powerwatch (A site with papers taking a critical stance) Mobile Phones and Health 2004: Report by the Board of NRP B The latest update of the Stuart Report EU COST281 - Potential Health Implications from Mobile Communication Systems Links to current research programs and conferences Health Effects from Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields: Report of the Independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (NRPB, Late 2003) Mobile Telecommunications & Health Research Program (UK) This site is regularly updated with new links Epidemiological Studies of Cellular Telephones and Cancer Risk (Boice & McLaughlin, Sweden 2002) (Website being updated at last access) L'incidence éventuelle de la téléphonie mobile sur la santé (Report to the French Senate, in French, Nov 2002) Microwave Oven Radiation (US FDA, updated 2009) The nature of self-reported elecromagnetic hypersensitivity (a COST-244 report) Textbook Blank, M (Ed), Electromagnetic Fields: Biological Interactions and Mechanisms, Advances in Chemistry Series, No 250, American Chemical Society Commercial links Nokia: Mobile communications and health Motorola: Wireless communications and health Sony-Ericsson: Radiowaves and Health
*Software*	CST (Microwave Studio): my preferred modeling tool
*RF Resources*	RF Café Hardware, software, news, chat.... everything
*Patents*	EspaceNet An excellent site for searching worldwide patents European Patent Office Reddie & Grose (Patent Agents) Harrison Goddard Foote (Patent Agents) UK Patent Office US Patents & Trademarks Office WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
*Instruments and measurement systems*	Agilent Anritsu NearField Systems Inc (NSI) Rhode & Schwarz SATIMO Antenna measurement systems Summitek Passive intermodulation measurement systems
*Library & Web resources*	The British Library
*Language resources*	Translation services online BabelFish (Use this with care!) Dictionary resources Yourdictionary Granddictionnaire
*And just superb websites...* *...best for broadband users.*	Antenna Absolutely nothing to do with antennas, but a wonderful site to explore. Do try Power Flower! Horizon-0 Choose the Flash option; wander through the previous issues and have fun. Storynest The art of Hsin Chien Huang: a very satisfying use of web media in art.

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