Damian's publications

Public domain reports

Simon Avis, Steve Baines, Damian Bevan, Derek Chandler, Steven Hall, Peter Myerscough-Jackopson, Neil Scully, Stefan Thiel, Peter Gould (Ed.), "MObile Network Optimisation Through Advanced Simulation (MONOTAS) - Final Project Report (Public Version)", Project document reference 199.PUB (Deliverable 7.2), U.K. Government DTI Technology Programme project reference TP/3/PIT/6/I/15927, 22 January 2008 (link) (pdf) (project website)


Standards Contributions
(To which I contributed significantly, albeit not necessarily as principal author or presenter)

Nortel, "Spectrum Arrangement to enable Co-channel deployment of Home NodeBs", 3GPP document reference R4-071494, 3GPP TSG-RAN WG4 Meeting #44, Athens, Greece, 20-24th August, 2007 (zipped Word document from 3GPP server)

Nortel, Vodafone, "Open and Closed Access for Home NodeBs", 3GPP document reference R4-071231, 3GPP TSG-RAN WG4 Meeting #44, Athens, Greece, 20-24th August, 2007 (zipped Word document from 3GPP server)

A. Chheda, A. Gutierrez, J. Li, D. Paranchych, L. Strawczynski and D.D.N. Bevan: "A Study of Two Transmit Diversity Methods for IS95-C Spreading Rates 1 and 3 and Recommendations for Standardization", TR45.5.3.1/98.10.19.45 (Burlington, VT) 19 October 1998


Journal Papers/ Letters

V.T. Ermolayev, A.G. Flaksman,  D.D.N. Bevan and I.M. Averin, "Determination of the location of a mobile unit in a cellular communications system in conditions of multipath propagation of signals (in Russian)", Izvyestiya vuzov. Radiofizika, Vol. LI, No. 2, 2008, pp. 162-170 (JPEG first page) (Preprint)

D.D.N. Bevan, V.T. Ermolayev, A.G. Flaksman and I.M. Averin, "Gaussian Channel Model for Mobile Multipath Environment", EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing (EURASIP JASP), 2004:9 (September 2004), pp. 1321-1329 (draft pdf)

J.S. Thompson, R. Tanner and D.D.N. Bevan, "Channel estimation errors and pilot power allocation for wireless systems with antenna arrays", European Transactions on Telecommunications, 2003; 14: 373-381 (abstract) (draft pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, V.T. Ermolayev, E.A. Mavrichev and A.G. Flaksman, "Comparative performance of cellular communications systems using adaptive modulation and coding and systems with power control (in Russian)", Izvyestiya vuzov. Radiofizika, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, 2001, pp. 1050-1061 (pdf). Published in English translation (Plenum publishing corporation) in Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 44, No. 12, 2001, pp. 966-976 (link) 

D.D.N. Bevan, V.T. Ermolayev and A.G. Flaksman, "Coherent multichannel reception of binary modulated signals with dependent Rician fading", IEE Proceedings Communications, Vol. 148, No. 2, April 2001, pp. 105-111 (pdf) 

D.D.N. Bevan and R. Tanner, "Performance Comparison of Space-Time Coding Techniques", IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 35 No.20, 30 September 1999, pp. 1707-1708 (pdf) 

D.D.N. Bevan, V.T. Ermolayev and A.G. Flaksman, "Analysis of Weight Error Loss with a Multichannel Beamformer Processor", IEE Proc.-Radar, Sonar Navig. (special issue on Antenna Array Processing Techniques), Vol. 145, No. 1, February 1998 (pdf)


Conference Papers

S.R. Hall, A.W. Jeffries, S.E. Avis and D.D.N. Bevan, "Performance of Open Access Femtocells in 4G Macrocellular Networks", Proceedings of Wireless World Research Forum 20 (WWRF20) Paper WWRF20-WG4-05-JEFFRIES, Ottawa, 22 April 2008 (link)(pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, V.T. Ermolayev, A.G. Flaksman, I.M. Averin and P.M. Grant, "Gaussian channel model for macrocellular mobile propagation", Proceedings of 13th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO2005), 4-8 September 2005 (pdf)

A.D. Smith, M.S. Smith, D.D.N. Bevan and P.D. Karaminas, "Method for achieving optimum downlink capacity in the deployment of a wireless network", Proceedings of the IEEE 56th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2002-Fall), Vol. 3 , 2002, pp. 1754 -1757 (pdf)

J.S. Thompson, R. Tanner and D.D.N. Bevan, "Weight error loss for wireless systems with antenna arrays", Proceedings of the IEEE 2002 International Zurich Seminar on Broadband Communications , Zurich, 19-21 February 2002, pp. 4-1 - 4-6 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, C.R. Ward and W. Tong, "The application of Feedforward Transmit Diversity to a system with Adaptive Modulation and Coding", Proceedings of the IEEE 54th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall 2001), Atlantic City, 7-11 October 2001, pp. 438-441 (pdf) (slides)

D.D.N. Bevan, C.R. Ward and K.M. Kelly, "Aggregate throughput gains due to downlink CIR enhancement in an HDR-type network", Proceedings of the IEEE 54th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall 2001), Atlantic City, 7-11 October 2001, pp. 2670-2671 (pdf) (slides)

C.R. Ward., D.D.N. Bevan and D. Kitchener, "Space-Time Processing for 3rd Generation Mobile Wireless Systems", Proceedings of the AP2000 Millenium Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Davos, Switzerland), 9-14 April 2000 (pdf)

A. Gutierrez, J. Li, S.J. Baines and D.D.N. Bevan, "An Introduction to PSTD for IS-95 and cdma2000", WCNC'99 (New Orleans), 21-24 September 1999 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, "Beam Falsing Loss in Switched-Beam Smart Antenna Systems", Proceedings of the IEEE 48th Vehicular Technology Conference (Ottawa), 18-21 May 1998 (pdf)


Seminar/ Workshop/ Colloquium Papers

J.S. Thompson and D.D.N. Bevan, "Pilot Power Allocation for CDMA Systems with Antenna Arrays", Proceedings of IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM2000), Cambridge MA, 16-17 March 2000 (pdf)

V.T. Ermolayev, A.G. Flaksman and D.D.N. Bevan, "Coherent multichannel reception of binary modulated signals with independent Rician fading", Proceedings of IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM2000), Cambridge MA, 16-17 March 2000 (pdf)

D.D.N.Bevan, R.Tanner and C.R.Ward, "Space-Time Coding for Capacity Enhancement in Future-Generation Wireless Communications Networks", IEE Colloquium on Capacity and Range Enhancement Techniques for the Third Generation Mobile Communications and Beyond, Digest No. 00/003, pp. 8/1-8/11, February 2000 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, C.R. Ward and J.E. Hudson, "Performance Comparison of Switched Beam and Adaptive Beam Architectures for Intelligent Antenna Systems", First Surrey Symposium on Intelligent Antenna Technology for Mobile Communications, University of Surrey, 28/29 August 1997 (pdf - N.B. minor formatting glitches)

C.R. Ward, J.E. Hudson and D.D.N. Bevan, "Smart Antenna Design Considerations", Stanford Smart Antenna Symposium, Stanford University, 24/25 July 1997


Granted Patents (Tip: To check out patents online try www.freepatentsonline.com, or follow the links indicated below)

K.S. Wilson and D.D.N. Bevan, "Scattered Pilot and Filtering for Channel Estimation", Patent I.D. US 7436757 B1, 14 October 2008 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, S.J. Baines and M.S. Smith, "Channel Selection", Patent I.D. US 7372832, 13 May 2008 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan and J.G. Robson, "Improved Soft Handoff Method for Uplink Wireless Communications", Patent I.D. EP 1 520 355 B1, 24 October 2007 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, V.T. Ermolayev, A.G. Flaksman and E.A. Mavrichev, "Angle of arrival estimation in a wireless telecommunications network", Patent I.D. US 7092673, 15 August 2006 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, V.T. Ermolayev, A.G. Flaksman and I.M. Averin, "Method of predicting wireless signal power", Patent I.D. US 6993293, 31 January 2006 (pdf)

Damian Bevan, Rudolf Tanner and Alex Grant, "Space-time coding and channel estimation scheme, arrangement and method", Patent I.D. US 6891897, 10 May 2005 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, J.E. Hudson, F.G. Overbury, C.J. Reed and S.J. Gale, "Position location method and apparatus for a mobile telecommunications system", Patent I.D. US 6778130 (Continuation of Patent I.D. US 6489923), 17 August 2004 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, J.E. Hudson, F.G. Overbury, C.J. Reed and S.J. Gale, "Position location method and apparatus for a mobile telecommunications system", Patent I.D. US 6489923, 3 December 2002 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan and K.M. Kelly, "Base stations for use in cellular communications systems", Patent I.D. US 6463301, 8 October 2002 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan and S.J. Baines, "Method and apparatus for handoff in a cellular radio communications system", Patent I.D. US 6415149, 2 July 2002 (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan and S.J. Baines, "Antenna and antenna operation method for a cellular radio communications system", Patent I.D. US 6311075, 30 October 2001 (abstract) (pdf)

D.D.N. Bevan, "Method and apparatus for a sectored cell of a cellular radio communications system", Patent I.D. US 6167036, 26 December 2000 (pdf)


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