A short history of reverberation chambers for Over-the-Air measurements: The story of Bluetest from crazy idea to commercial success

The breakthrough of mobile phone communications in the late 1990´s led to the invention and development of reverberation chambers for Over-the-Air measurements of wireless devices at Bluetest and Chalmers University of Technology. This paper gives a short description of the most important events over the course of 13 years in the development from early idea to worldwide acceptance and commercial success. The history given here will focus on the scientific achievements over the years, with some mentions of the commercial development.