Background
Maseng, Torleiv was born on December 24, 1946 in Stockholm. Son of Torleiv and Solveig (Borge) Maseng.
Maseng, Torleiv was born on December 24, 1946 in Stockholm. Son of Torleiv and Solveig (Borge) Maseng.
Degree in electrical engineering, Technology University Trondheim, Norway, 1970.
His work included the standard use of channel estimation and the combination of equalization, error correcting codes and modulation in which the Viterbi algorithm was used by all components. Maseng received his Masters degree in Radio Communication from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1970. In July 1974 he joined Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe (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 North Atlantic Treaty Organization SATCOM Control system.
He was also involved in operational planning for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In 1982 he was employed by The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research where he was involved in the design and standardisation of the Group Special Mobile project
In October 1993, Maseng was appointed to a chair in 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/University Graduate Center (Universitetssenteret på Kjeller).
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Married Else Margrethe Oeien, December 18, 1971 (divorced July 1992). Children: Mette, Jens Andre. Married Anna Gjerstad, December 31, 1993.
Children: Maria, Ivar Paal, Mikkel.