Acknowledgements
Like the first edition, the fully updated and expanded second edition of this book is first and foremost the fruit of a significant team effort, which would not have been successful without the expertise and professionalism displayed by all the contributors, as well as the support of their companies. The dedication of all the co-authors to their task, their patience and flexibility in allowing us to modify and move certain parts of their material for harmonization purposes, are hereby gratefully acknowledged. Particular thanks are due to ST-Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and ETSI for giving us the encouragement and working environment to facilitate such a time-consuming project. The help provided by ETSI, 3GPP and others in authorizing us to reproduce certain copyrighted material is also gratefully acknowledged. We would like to express our gratitude to the many experts who kindly provided advice, feedback, reviews and other valuable assistance. We believe their input in all its forms has made this book a more accurate, valuable and even enjoyable resource. These experts include Jacques Achard, Kevin Baum, Martin Beale, Keith Blankenship, Yufei Blankenship, Federico Boccardi, Kevin Boyle, Sarah Boumendil, Alec Brusilovsky, Paul Bucknell, Richard Burbidge, Aaron Byman, Emilio Calvanese Strinati, Choo Chiap Chiau, Anand Dabak, Peter Darwood, Merouane Debbah, Vip Desai, Marko Falck, Antonella Faniuolo, Jeremy Gosteau, Lajos Hanzo, Lassi Hentilä, Shin Horng Wong, Paul Howard, ...
