Mark Waddell presents his award winning paper on white space devices

Mark Waddell, Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research, presents his award winning paper on white space devices. Mark received the 2009 IBC award for the best conference paper for this contribution;

Mark Waddell joined the BBC in 1988 after graduating from Lancaster University. Working initially on radio receiver and transmitter design, Mark subsequently specialised in RF systems and FPGA design for digital modems. He developed video coders and diversity receivers for the first COFDM wireless cameras deployed in the BBC. More recently he has been concerned with technical parameters affecting radio spectrum engineering and regulation, including DSO and the technical challenges of utilising the UHF white space.