Dr Dave Townend
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Dr. Dave Townend is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, at the University of Essex. He is also a Wireless Research Manager at BT Laboratories and a Chartered Engineer. His research interests include 5G/6G radio propagation and channel modelling, mobile network deployment modelling and centralised RAN / cell-free network architectures.
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Townend, D., Walker, SD., Tukmanov, A. and Sutton, A., (2024). Cell Site Densification Using mmWave and sub-THz Line-of-Sight Wireless Fronthaul: A Deployment Feasibility Study. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 72 (12), 9451-9461
Townend, D., Husbands, R., Walker, SD. and Sutton, A., (2023). Challenges and Opportunities in Wireless Fronthaul. IEEE Access. 11, 106607-106619
Townend, D., Walker, SD., Sharples, A. and Sutton, A., (2022). A Unified Line-of-Sight Probability Model for Commercial 5G Mobile Network Deployments. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 70 (2), 1291-1297
Conferences (5)
Townend, D., Husbands, R., Walker, SD. and Sharples, A., (2023). Toward Wireless Fronthaul for Cloud RAN Architectures
Townend, D., Walker, SD., Sharples, A. and Sutton, A., (2022). Line-of-Sight Probability for Urban Microcell Network Deployments
Townend, D., Walker, SD., Sharples, A. and Sutton, A., (2022). Urban Wireless Multi-hop x-Haul for Future Mobile Network Architectures
Townend, D., Walker, SD., Sharples, A. and Sutton, A., (2021). Urban Line-of-Sight Probability for mmWave Mobile Access and Fronthaul Transmission Hubs
Townend, D. and Walker, SD., (2020). A 3D Statistical Framework for the UK’s Mobile Network
