Professor Mark Beach
B.Sc.(York), Ph.D.(Bristol), M.I.E.E.E.
Current positions
Professor of Radio Systems Engineering
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Contact
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Research interests
Professor Mark Beach has over 35 years of experience in physical layer wireless research including spread spectrum; adaptive and smart antennas for capacity and range extension in wireless networks; MIMO aided connectivity for through-put and spectrum efficiency enhancement; millimetre wave technology, as well as secure, robust and frequency agile radio frequency technologies, including simultaneous transmit and receiver (STAR) technologies. He leads the delivery of the UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership in Secure Wireless Agile Networks, Expert Panel Member to DCMS on 6G, is a Co-Director of CDT in Communications, and also the School Research Impact Director. Mark is a co-founder of the Cambridge based company, ForeFrontRF, creating frequency agile technology to replace fixed frequency SAW and BAR components commonplace in all cellular phone technology.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
& Efficient 6G connectivity
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/07/2024 to 31/03/2025
SWAN funding enhancement
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
05/01/2024 to 31/03/2024
EPSRC EP/T005572/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/02/2020 to 31/01/2025
SWAN (Secure Wireless Agile Networks) EPSRC Prosperity Partnership
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/02/2020 to 31/01/2025
8031 - MANGI (Eng)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/06/2018 to 31/03/2023
Thesis supervisions
Practical investigation of Butler matrix application for beamforming with circular antenna arrays
Supervisors
Highly efficient RF power amplifier for wireless LAN applications
Supervisors
Enhanced Radio Propagation Modelling for Future Wireless Networks
Supervisors
UE Uplink Power Distribution for M2M over LTE
Supervisors
Towards Localisation in Next-generation Wireless Systems
Supervisors
Advanced MIMO Techniques for Future Wireless Communications
Supervisors
Low Cost Millimetre Wave Over-the-Air Testing Method For 5G and Beyond
Supervisors
Miniaturisation and Efficiency in Compact and Electrically Small Tuneable UHF Antennas
Supervisors
On Evaluating the Practicality of Using Massive MIMO in Real-World Scenarios and Identifying Solutions to Operational Deployments
Supervisors
Advances in Efficient and Resilient Radio Frequency Transceiver Circuits
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
13/02/2025Graphical Microwave Matching Networks Modeling and Design Optimization for Power Amplifiers
2024 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)
Novel Nakagami-m Channel Model for G2A UAV Communications and Improved Security in Eavesdropping Dense Urban Environments
2024 IEEE Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (GCAIoT)
Millimeter Accuracy Indoor Localization System Using an Attention Convolution Model
2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
A Methodology for Determining the Level and Nature of Scattering from Measurements of Material Samples in RF Propagation Modeling: System Calibration at 3.5GHz
Evaluating Cooperative Spectrum Sensing: A Hardware-in-the-Loop Approach
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School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering Faculty Office
Mr Jiteng Ma
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School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering