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Details for Professor Mark Beach
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Mark Beach |
| Job title | Professor of Radio Systems Engineering |
| Department | Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | B.Sc.(York), Ph.D.(Bristol), M.I.E.E.E. |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | system design wireless communication networks 3G 4G smart antennas dual array architectures |
| Areas of expertise | My research activities are focused on system design and optimisation of wireless communication networks, with particular emphasis on 3rd and 4th generation (3G & 4G) mobile systems. Since completing my PhD in 1988, I have been active in the adoption of Wideband CDMA as the air interface standard for 3G as well as the application of Smart Antenna technology as a means of capacity and cell-range enhancement. This includes fundamental work on capacity analysis, RACE and ACTS TSUNAMI field trial evaluations of smart antennas, as well as spatial-temporal characterisation of wireless bearers in frequency division duplex network deployments. Recent advances in the field of smart antennas has resulted in a paradigm shift from appliques providing capacity enhancement to those offering radical increases in data throughput by means of dual array architectures. Here I am addressing the rapidly developing area of Multiple-Input Multiple Output (MIMO) channel characterisation. |