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Acknowledgments

As the author of many books, a long time ago I realized that the pub-

lishing effort is dependent upon the work of a considerable number

of persons. First, an author’s idea concerning a topic must appeal to

a publisher who is typically inundated with proposals. Once again, I

am indebted to Rich O’Hanley at Taylor & Francis’ CRC Press for

backing my proposal to author a book focused upon a new type of

Ethernet communications.

As an old-fashioned author who periodically travels, I like to use

the original word processor—a pen and paper—when preparing a

draft manuscript. Doing so ensures that I will not run out of battery

power nor face the difficulty of attempting to plug a laptop computer

into some really weird electric sockets ...