The Telecommunications Handbook: Engineering Guidelines for Fixed, Mobile and Satellite Systems

Acknowledgements

This book is based on many experiences from real-world projects, results of academic studies, and other investigations in telecommunications field. It also references the research, development and technical project results over a long period of time of many professionals I have worked with in Europe, North America and Latin America, interfacing with telecom companies, governmental organizations and educational institutions. I believe these activities have formed a useful knowledge base for summarizing telecommunications topics in book format. I would thus like to express my special thanks to all my good colleagues at TeliaSonera Finland and Yoigo (Xfera) Spain, standardization groups of ETSI, 3GPP and DVB-H, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, United Nations Development Program, Inter-American Development Bank, Finnish Information Society Centre, European Commission, Giesecke & Devrient and organizations of the Nokia umbrella – to mention only some – for the friendliest cooperation whilst I have worked with my employers or as a consultant via my company Finesstel Ltd.

The collection of a complete telecom summary into a single book is without doubt a challenging task for presenting relevant topics in balance, in a compact yet sufficiently deep manner. I acknowledge that our contributor team succeeded in this job excellently by sacrificing valuable personal time with the understanding attitude of the families and significant ones. I appreciate ...