Packet Broadband Network Handbook
Providing all of the relevant details on enabling technologies, this easy-to-navigate resource will give you all the context you need to put them in perspective and make well-informed choices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Packet Broadband Network Handbook
Index
Note: Boldface numbers indicate illustrations.
A
Access control, virtual private networks (VPNs), 478 479
Access points (APs):
wireless LANs (WLANs) and, 230, 232 233
Hiper LAN and, 237
Acoustic optical switching, 160
Acronyms and abbreviations, 577 588
Ad hoc configuration, WLANs, 230 232, 232
Adaptive antenna arrays, broadband wireless access (BWA), 257
Add drop multiplexer (ADM), SONET, 124, 133 134, 137, 161
Address resolution protocol (ARP), 89
Addressing:
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and, 68 69, 69, 79
H.323 system and, 510, 512 513
IP networks and, 96 98, 96
IPv6 and, 98 100
local area networks (LANs) and, 200
MAC addresses in, 200
multicast, 107
session initiation protocol (SIP) and, 528, 528
Advanced mobile phone service (AMPS), 569, 571
Aggregate route based IP switching (ARIS) in multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and, 387
Alias address, H.323 system, 510, 513
Aligning, SONET, 128
Alternate mark inversion (AMI), digital signal (DSx) system, 117
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 30
Amplifier, WDM networks, 152 154, 152
Amplitude shift keying (ASK), 567
Analog vs. digital signals, X.25, 10
Angle of inclination of satellite, 305
Antennas:
broadband wireless access (BWA) and, 255, 256 257
satellites, 311
Application layer, Bluetooth, 268
Arbitrated loop topology, Fibre Channel (FC), 462 464, 463
ARPANET, 3, 86, 87, 548
Association in wireless LANs (WLANs), 233
Assured forward, DiffServ, 420
Asymmetric DSL (ADSL), 348
Asynchronous balanced mode (ABM), LAPB, 13
Asynchronous connectionless link (ACL), Bluetooth, 274
Asynchronous DSL (ADSL), 345
Asynchronous node (A node) in HomeRF, 281
Asynchronous response mode (ARM) in LAPB, 13
Asynchronous signaling in optical Ethernet, 170
Asynchronous transfer mode...
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