Acknowledgements
This book effort took much longer than we had expected. A big thanks to Wiley for their continued support and patience. We (Jean, Sébastien, Jouni, and Hannes) had specific ideas in mind of what type of book we wanted to write. We are happy that we managed to implement our ideas in this book without taking shortcuts and came this far in our journey.
Needless to say, this book project would not have been possible without the efforts put forth by those working in the IETF DIME working group. We would also like to thank our peers working in other organizations on Diameter extensions, specifically in 3GPP. A tremendous amount of work has gone into Diameter's standardization and widespread deployment. It does not just happen by accident or luck.
Writing more than 200 pages was not easy, and we would like to thank our families for their patience. Without their support it would not have been possible to complete this project. Thank you, Verena, Elena, Robert, and Hanna. Jouni also sends special thanks to Dana Street Roasting Company for its excellent caffeine‐rich products that helped him to stay focused as the writing of this book took place during hours when normal people sleep.
Finally, we would also like to thank our employers. They have enabled us to participate in various standards developing organizations for many years. Not only have we been able to work on exciting technical topics, and to travel around the world to participate in many face‐to‐face standardization ...
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