Acknowledgments
This book originates from initial and fruitful discussions among coding experts within the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) that led quickly first to the release of a comprehensive White Paper on Coding, then to a section within the third volume of WWRF's Technologies for the Wireless Future.
Besides the WWRF framework, many contributors cooperated together during the years 2004–2007 within the WINNER project (Phase I and II), partly funded by the European Commission. We would thus like to acknowledge here this successful venture.
Then, the editors would like to express their full gratitude to all the contributing authors, since we do believe this was a unique opportunity to bring together those talented and distinguished researchers and engineers from both academics (Holon Institute of Technology, Universität der Bundeswehr Munich, ETIS ENSEA, INSA-IETR, University of Cambridge, Technical University of Dresden – Vodafone Chair, Telecom Bretagne, Technical University of Kaiserslautern) and industry (Samsung Electronics, Orange Labs, ST-Ericsson): Claude Berrou, Gerhard Bauch, David Declercq, Charly Poulliat, Ming Jiang, Omer Ran, Stefania Sesia, Jossy Sayir, Marcos B.S. Tavares, Marie-Hélène Hamon, Isabelle Siaud, Anne-Marie Ulmer-Moll, Maryline Hélard, Carlos De Ségovia, Frank Kienle, Alexandre Graell I Amat, Yannick Saouter, and Youssouf Ould-Cheikh-Mouhamedou.
We would also like to pay tribute to our contacts at John Wiley & Sons Ltd, especially Sarah Tilley, ...
