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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank my colleagues at Ericsson for helping me learn about equalization
and giving me interesting opportunities to develop and apply that knowledge.
Another source of learning was the digital communications textbook by John
Proakis [Pro89], which I have relied on heavily in writing this book.
Yet another source of learning was the IEEE. Much of the material in this book
is based upon IEEE journal and conference publications. I appreciate the effort
involved by authors, reviewers, editors, and IEEE staff. I would also like to thank
Mary Mann, Taisuke Soda, the anonymous reviewers, and the rest of the IEEE
Press and Wiley publishing organizations for making this book possible.
I would like to thank Prof. Keith Townsend for facilitating my stay at N. C.
State University (NCSU) as a Visiting Scholar while writing this book. I also need
to thank him, Prof. Brian Hughes, and the rest of the Electrical and Computer
Engineering faculty at NCSU for welcoming me and giving me good advice.
Finally, I would like to thank my wife, Dr. Laura J. Bottomley, for providing
support and encouragement as well as inspiring the concept of this book through
her work as Director of Women in Engineering and Director of Outreach at the
College of Engineering at N. C. State University.
G. E. B.
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