Arturas Medeisis started his career in a national regulatory authority where he learned the ropes of policy and spectrum access regulation for nearly every type of wireless technology. He then worked at the European Radiocommunications Office, where he got to know the international aspects of wireless communications policy development and standardisation, observing the difficult traditional paths that need to be travelled by every new candidate wireless system/technology seeking access to radio spectrum and hence their place on the market. Now having moved to academia he has an enriching perspective of looking at the current status quo with wireless policy development from outside the system and thus realising the opportunities for change.Oliver Holland complements the lead editorial team with a solid research track in the academic world and heavy involvement in major recent initiatives in R&D and standardisation of CR. Doctor Holland is currently serving as Project Manager and Deputy Coordinator of the ICT-ACROPOLIS Network of Excellence, working on numerous aspects of cognitive radio and related technologies. He holds various leadership roles in the IEEE “Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Standards Committee” (DySPAN-SC) and IEEE 1900 standards and among other distinctions has served in various leadership capacities for numerous conferences and journals covering Cognitive Radio and Dynamic Spectrum Access. He has published over 100 papers, which have been cited more than 600 times. Doctor Holland’s broad technical experience and involvements make him ideally suited to impart additional relevance to the book, particularly with respect to a detailed knowledge of current developments in R&D and industrial-related initiatives such as standardisation. In his view the book would fill the important gap between regulation and CR research, aiming to advance regulation in a way that can make CR a deployment reality.
