1 Books
- W T Webb and L Hanzo, “Quadrature Amplitude Modulation”, John Wiley (UK) and the IEEE (USA) 1994.
- W T Webb, “Introduction to Wireless Local Loop”, Artech House, 1998.
- W T Webb, “Understanding Cellular Radio”, Artech House, 1998.
- W T Webb, “The Complete Wireless Communications Professional”, Artech House 1999.
- L Hanzo, W T Webb and T Keller, “Single and multi-carrier quadrature amplitude modulation: principles and applications for personal communications, WLANs and broadcasting”, Wiley, Chichester, 2000.
- W T Webb, “Introduction to Wireless Local Loop: Narrowband and Broadband Systems”, Artech House, 2000 (second edition).
- W T Webb, “The Future of Wireless Communications”, Artech House, 2001.
- L Hanzo, K Ng, T Keller and W Webb, “Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, Second Edition”, Wiley 2004.
- W T Webb, “Wireless Communications: The Future”, Wiley, Chichester, 2007.
- M Cave, C Doyle and W T Webb, “Essentials of Modern Spectrum Management”, CambridgeUniversity Press, 2007.
- W Webb, “Being Mobile: Future Wireless Technologies and Applications”, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- W Webb, “Understanding Weightless”, Cambridge University Press, March 2012.
- W Webb, “Dynamic White Space Spectrum Access”, Webb Search, October 2013.
2. Papers and book chapters
- W T Webb and K G Nichols, “Microprocessor design using a silicon compiler”, IEE Proc. Pt.E, Vol.138, No.4, July 1991, pp232-240
- E Issman and W T Webb, “Carrier recovery for 16-level QAM in mobile radio”, IEE Colloquium on Multi-level Modulation Techniques, IEE Digest No. 1990/045, March 1990, Paper 9.
- W T Webb and R Steele, “16-level circular QAM transmissions over a Raleigh fading channel”, ibid., Paper 6.
- W T Webb, L Hanzo and R Steele, “Bandwidth efficient QAM schemes for Raleigh fading channels”, IEE 5th Int. Conference on Radio Receivers and Associated Systems, Cambridge, July 1990, IEE Digest No. 1990/325, pp139-142.
- W T Webb, L Hanzo and R Steele, “Speech and data transmissions via QAM for mobile personal communications”, IEE Colloquium on University Research into Mobile Radio, Nov 1990, IEE Digest No. 1990/143.
- W T Webb, L Hanzo, R Salami and R Steele, “Does 16-QAM provide an alternative to the half-rate GSM speech coder?”, Proc. IEEE VTC, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, May 1991, pp511-516.
- W T Webb, L Hanzo and R Steele, “Bandwidth efficient QAM schemes for Raleigh fading channels”, IEE Proc. Pt. I, Vol. 138, No. 3, June 1991, pp169-175.
- W T Webb and R Steele, “A 32Mbit/s mobile radio system”, IEE 6th Int. Conference on Mobile Radio and Personal Communications, Warwick, Dec 1991, IEE Digest No. 351, pp31-38.
- W T Webb and R Steele, “Equaliser techniques for QAM transmissions over mobile radio channels”, IEE Proc. Pt. I, Vol. 138, No.6, Dec 1991, pp566-576.
- W T Webb, “QAM. The modulation scheme for future mobile radio communications?”, IEE Electronics and Communications Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, Aug 1992, pp167-176. Awarded the IERE Benefactors Premium
- W T Webb, “Modulation methods for PCNs”, IEEE Communication Magazine, Vol.30, No.12, Dec 1992, pp90-95.
- W T Webb and R Steele, “Microcellular design system (MIDAS)”, IEE Conference on Microcellular Propagation Modelling, IEE Digest No. 1992/234, Nov 1992.
- J C S Cheung, L Hanzo, W T Webb and R Steele, “Effects of PRMA on objective speech quality”, Electronics Letters, Vol.29, No.2, Jan 1992, pp152-153.
- L Hanzo, J C S Cheung, W T Webb and R Steele, “A packet reservation multiple access assisted cordless telecommunications system”, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular. Tech., Vol.43, No.2, May 1994, pp234-244
- L Hanzo, J C S Cheung, R Steele and W T Webb, “Performance of PRMA schemes via fading channels”, IEEE VTC’93, NJ, USA, pp913-916.
- W T Webb, “Spectrum efficiency of multilevel modulation schemes in mobile radio communications”, IEEE Trans. on Comms, Vol. 43, No 8, Aug 1995, pp2344-2349.
- W T Webb, “Sizing up the microcell for mobile radio communications”, IEE Electronics and Communications Jnl., Vol. 5, No. 3, June 1993, pp133-140.
- P Gould, W T Webb and R Steele, “Communications to the home via star QAM”, IEE Colloquium on Customer Access, the Last 1.6 km, IEE Digest 1993/134, June 1993, Paper 7.
- W T Webb and R Steele, “Variable rate QAM for mobile radio”, IEEE Trans. on Comms, Vol. 43, No 7, July 1995, pp2223-2230.
- W T Webb, J E B Williams and R Steele, “Microcellular teletraffic levels”, IEE 7th Int. Conference. on Mobile Personal Comms., Brighton, Dec 1993, Conference. Pub. No. 387, pp125-130.
- X Lin, L Hanzo, R Steele and W T Webb, “Subband/multipulse/BCH coded 16-QAM audio broadcasting scheme for mobile receivers”, IEEE Trans. on Broadcasting, Vol. 39, No. 4, Dec 1993, pp373-382.
- W T Webb and R D Shenton, “Railway communications”, IEE Electronics and Communications Journal, Vol.6, No.4, Aug 1994, pp195-202.
- L Hanzo, W T Webb, R Steele and R A Salami, “On QAM speech transmissions for microcellular mobile PCNs”, European Trans On Telecoms, Vol.4, No.5, Sept 1993, pp495 – 510.
- W T Webb, “Advanced telecommunication services”, IEE Seminar on Intelligent Networks, London, 1994, IEE Digest 1994/070 pp2/1 – 2/8.
- L Hanzo, J Streit, R Salami and W T Webb, “A low-rate multi-level voice/video transceiver for personal communications”, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 2, 1995, pp217 – 234.
- W T Webb, P Marks, “Pricing the ether”, IEE Review, March 1996, pp57 – 60
- W T Webb, “TETRA versus GSM”, Land Mobile, Sept 1995, pp14 – 15.
- W T Webb and P Marks, “Cultivating the spectrum”, Land Mobile, Nov 1995, pp26 – 27.
- P Marks, W T Webb, “Measuring the value of radio spectrum”, Mobile Communications International, Feb 1996, pp37 – 41.
- W T Webb, “The convergence of cellular and PMR and the implications for third generation mobile systems”, IEE Colloquium on Mobile Communications towards the year 2000, May 1996, Ref. 1996/115, pp7/1 – 7/6.
- W T Webb, “GSM, UMTS and the third generation”, GSM Quarterly, July 1996, Issue 3, pp12 – 16.
- W T Webb, “Should spectrum managers be mandating standards?”, Mobile Communications Int., Issue 35, Oct 1996, pp57-65.
- W T Webb, “The new economic tools for spectrum management”, Mobile Communications International, Issue 39, March 1997, pp53-57.
- W T Webb, “The impact of radio spectrum availability on wireless local loop networks”, Advanced Cordless Communications, August 1997, pp15-17.
- W T Webb, “Mobility in the local loop – a case of mistaken identity?”, Mobile Communications International (leading article), September 1997, pp79-84.
- W T Webb, “The role of economic techniques in spectrum management”, IEEE Communications Magazine, March 1998, pp102-107.
- W T Webb, “Wireless local loop at the cross-roads”, Wireless Access Technologies, March 1998, pp34-37.
- W T Webb, “Wireless local loop: Ideal isn’t real”, Tele.com, April 98, pp78-81.
- D Bull, N Canagarajah and A Nix, “Mobile Multimedia Communications”, W T Webb et al, Chapter 20, “A narrowband mobile multimedia system”, Academic Press, 1998.
- Z Zvonar and P Jung (Editors), “GSM communications towards third generation systems”, W T Webb, Chapter 2, “Advanced Speech Call Items”, Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, 1998.
- W T Webb, “On the inside – GSM1800 for in-building systems”, Mobile Communications International, June 1998, pp82-83.
- W T Webb, “Spectrum management issues for WLL”, Wireless Access Technologies, July 1998, pp42-45.
- W T Webb, “WLL goes broadband”, Mobile Communications International, Sept 1998, pp49-50.
- W T Webb, “A comparison of wireless local loop with competing technologies”, IEE Electronics and Communications Journal, Vol 10, No 5, October 98, pp205 – 212. Dr Webb was guest editor for this journal and wrote the editorial “One day, all new local loop connections will be wireless”.
- W T Webb, “A WLL network in the making”, Wireless Technologies in the local loop 98/99, pp68-71.
- W T Webb, “CDMA for WLL”, Mobile Communications International, Issue 57, Dec 98, pp61-64.
- W T Webb, M Gallagher, “UMTS – the next generation of mobile radio”, IEE Review, March 99, pp59-63.
- W T Webb, “Third generation mobile: an exciting challenge”, IEE Electronics and Communications Journal, June 2000. Dr Webb was the guest editor for this journal and planned and solicited the contributions as well as writing the editorial.
- W T Webb, “Wireless local loop as a fixed / mobile convergence solution”, International Journal of Communication Systems, 2000, 13, pp271-279, published by John Wiley.
- W T Webb, “Realising the broadband future”, IEE Review, July 2000, pp19 – 23.
- W T Webb, “Broadband fixed wireless access as a key component of the future integrated communications environment”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Sept 2001, Vol 39, No 9, pp.115-121.
- W T Webb, “What prospects does the longer term hold for 3G?”, Third Generation Bulletin, Jan 2002, pp23-24.
- W T Webb, “There’s been a change of plan”, Wireless Evolution, Feb 2002, pp24-26.
- W T Webb, “An early taste of 3G”, Mobile Communications International, Feb 2002, pp73-78.
- W T Webb, “W-LAN – Friend or foe?”, 3G Strategies for Operators, Mar 2002, Issue 8, pp25-28.
- W T Webb, “Battling a mindset: W-LAN could threaten a 3G future”, Wireless Europe, April 2002, pp 23-24.
- W T Webb, “Bluetooth CTP could shake mobile industry”, Planet Wireless, Aug 2002, pp23-25.
- W T Webb, “At last, a wireless network worthy of the title ‘broadband’”, In Focus, Summer 2002, Issue 29, pp5-6.
- W T Webb, “Remote control on life”, Service Management Magazine, Nov 2002, pp 29 – 32 and Dec 2002 pp23-26.
- W T Webb, “W-LANs may be complimentary, but that does not mean that cellular operators can ignore them”, GSM World Focus, Feb 2003, pp 44 – 46.
- W T Webb, “Critical decisions for cellular operators”, Mobile Communications International, Feb 2003, pp96.
- W T Webb, “Role of wireless in broadband access”, IEE Computing and Control Engineering, Feb 2003, pp14-19.
- W T Webb, “Solving the wireless Internet access riddle”, Wall Street Journal Europe, 16 June 2003, ppA8.
- W T Webb, “The coming mobile service price war”, Wall Street Journal Europe, 27 October 2003, ppA9.
- M Cave and W Webb, “Licence to interfere”, IEE Communications Engineer, Dec 2003, pp42-46.
- W Webb, “Useful, under the right circumstances – a guide to OFDM”, IEE Communications Magazine, Feb / March 04, pp30-35.
- W Webb, “The Ofcom Spectrum Framework Review”, IEE Communications Engineer, Feb 2005, pp32-35.
- W Webb, “The futurologist who looked back”, IEE Communications Engineer, June 2005, pp18-21.
- W Webb, “Laying down the law – a guide to empirical laws”, IEE Communications Engineer, Feb 2006, pp 18-23.
- W Webb, “Protecting phone systems: Making telecommunications networks disaster-proof”, Ingenia (the magazine of the Royal Academy of Engineering), Issue 26, March 2006, pp 13-17.
- W Webb, “A licence to do (almost) anything you want”, IET Communications Engineer, Dec 2006, pp12-16.
- W Webb, “Viewpoint: Steady as she goes”, IET Engineering & Technology, Jan 2007, pp35.
- W Webb, “Wireless communications reach maturity”, Ingenia, March 2007, pp43-47.
- R Karimi, W Webb, “Unlicensed”, IET Communications Engineer, April 2007, pp23-27.
- W Webb, “Digital Switchover”, Ingenia, June 2007, pp38-40.
- W Webb, “Wireless Communications: 2020”, Radio Science Bulletin No 323, Dec 2007, pp26 – 35.
- W Webb, “Can regional clusters be engineered?”, Ingenia Issue 34, March 2008, pp43-46.
- W Webb, “Licensed to do anything”, IET Engineering & Technology, 26 April 08, pp75-77.
- W Webb, “Innovations: The top dozen”, IET Engineering & Technology, 7 June 08, pp72-75.
- W Webb, “The problem of two ends”, IET Engineering & Technology, 26 July 2008, pp76.
- W Webb, “If we launch it will they come?”, IET Engineering & Technology, 17 Jan 2009, pp82-83.
- M Cave, W Webb, “Can market-based spectrum management methods deliver optimal receiver performance?”, ICT Shaping the World, Wiley, 2009 (published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ETSI).
- W Webb, “An optimal way to licence spectrum”, Telecommunications Policy 33(2009) pp230-237.
- W Webb, “Mind the gaps”, IET Engineering & Technology, 9 May 2009, pp66-69.
- W Webb, “Wireless Communications: Is the future playing out as predicted”, IJITN Vol 1, Issue 1 (2009), pp9-18
- W Webb, “Wireless communications to 2020 and beyond”, Ingenia Issue 41, pp17-20.
- D Roberson and W Webb, “Radio frequency spectrum and regulation”, chapter in “Cognitive radio communications and networks”, edited by Wyglinski, Nekovee and Hou, Elsevier and Academic Press, 2010.
- S Burdon, W Webb and N Courtney, “Leading digital economies: a best practice approach to converged regulation”, Info (the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications, information and media), Vol 12, No 3, 2010, pp3-15
- W Webb, “Being Mobile”, IET Engineering & Technology, October 2010, pp64-65.
- W Webb, “Dynamic spectrum access is the solution, what’s the problem?”, Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Volume 69, Issue 1 (2012), Page 5-9.
- W Webb, “Finding 4G’s Grid-to-Go”, IET Engineering & Technology, January 2012, pp90-92.
- R Harper (Ed), “The Connected Home: The Future of Domestic Life”, Springer 2011, W Webb contributed Chapter 2 “The networked home: The way of the future or a vision too far?”
- M Cave, W Webb, “The unfinished history of usage rights for spectrum”, Telecommunications Policy 36 (2012) 293–300.
- R Robinson, W Webb, “What’s so clever about smart cities?”, Ingenia, Issue 50, March 2012, pp31-36.
- W Webb, “Weightless: The technology to finally realise the M2M vision”, IJITN, April 2012, Vol 2, No 4, pp30-37.
- W Webb, “Going with the flow”, IET Engineering & Technology, July 2012, pp82-85.
- W Webb, “On using white space spectrum”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Aug 2012, pp145-151.
- W Webb, “The European spectrum capacity crunch”, Microwave Journal, September 2012, Vol 55, No 9, pp24-34 (cover story).
- W Webb, “The role of networking standards in building the Internet of Things”, Digiworld Economic Journal, no. 87, 3rd Q. 2012, pp 57-66
- W Webb, “Found: the missing piece of a transportation study”, ITS International, July/Aug 2012, pp 60-61.
- W Webb (rapporteur), “Spectrum as a resource for enabling innovation policy”, The Aspen Institute, March 2013.
- W Webb, “Standard’s net gains”, IET Engineering & Technology, June 2013, pp76-78.
3 Patents
- Patent No. 9023605.0, “Equalisers for QAM transmissions over mobile radio channels”.
- Patent No. 92924333.5 & PCT GB92/01196, “Clock recovery system for multi-level modulation”.
- Patent No. 9114615.9, “Repeater base station with feedback cancellation”.
- Patent No. 92910845.4 & PCT GB92/00988 “Variable rate QAM systems”.
- Patent No. GB2492182 “Flexible base stations” (May 2013).
- Patent No. 1109874.6 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 060169, “M2M in white space” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. 1109850.6 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 060979, “Scheduling of channels in a frequency hopping system” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. 1109854.8 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 061087, “White space database with pre-defined cell areas” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. 1109844.9 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 057973, “Multiple acknowledgement systems for broadcast calls” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. 1109853 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 058429, “Frequency planning in a frequency hopped network” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. 1115528 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 061097, “Using handover to determine location” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. 1115527.2 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 061106, “Terminal based handover for load management” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. 1114420.1 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 061173, “Multi-frame transmission for combined M2M and broadband” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. GB2494724 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 059332, “Pre-emptive signalling to forestall multiple alerts” (granted July 2013).
- Patent No. 1115379.8 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 061149, “TDMA to share white space between base stations” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. GB2491908 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 058203, “Calibration mode within a white space network”, granted July 2013.
- Patent No. 1115996.9 (UK) and PCT/EP2012/ 058730, “Determination of static terminals for scheduling” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. PCT/EP2012/ 061103, “Using a database as a synchronisation and authentication device” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. PCT/EP2012/ 060978, “Using a database as a synchronisation device” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. PCT/EP2012/ 061147, “Combined licensed and unlicensed spectrum for M2M” (pending, as at June 2013).
- Patent No. 1211564.8 (UK) and PCT/EP2013/063229, “Terminal commissioning process using a triplet of secure numbers” (pending, as at June 2013).