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Cover Image: The figure on the cover, depicting the UMTS-turbo code, is adapted from the doctoral thesis of Dr. Liang Li, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, with the permission of Dr. Li, his Supervisor Dr. Robert Maunder, and Professor Lajos Hanzo; the figure also appears on page 654 of the book.

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