Index_M

M

MAC, see Medium Access Control

MACA, see Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance

Macroblocks

arrangement of, 106

coding of, 108

Macromedia, 24

Macro-mobility, 209

MAI, see Multiple air interfaces

Malicious code, 65, 66

Malware, 66

MAM, see Mobile Accessing Manager

MAN, see Metropolitan area network

MANETs, see Mobile ad hoc networks

Manufacturing plants, use of PLCs in, 451

MAP, see Mobile application part

Markov analysis, 246

Markovian learning, 413

Markov predictors, 248, 250

Markov source, finite state, 252

Mass-market applications, 32

Mass-market sensation, mobile phones as, 429

Master-slave

determination procedure, 160

role switch, 323

MC, see Movement circle

MCI WorldCom, 434, 435

MCM, see Multicarrier Modulation

M-commerce, 4, 437, see also WAP, transitional technology for M-commerce

B2B, 509

high-speed connectivity for, 507

WAP and, 504

MCS, see Modulation and coding schemes

MCU, see Microcontroller unit

MDAS, see Mobile data access system

MDBS, see Multidatabase system

Mean opinion score (MOS), 155

Media

conversion, 49

encoding, real-time, 471

objects, 108

server, packet losses tracked by, 117

Medium Access Control (MAC), 116, 391

access mode, 128

layer, 229

IEEE 802.11, 136

scheduling, 120

-level PDU, 238

service data units (MSDUs), 229

sublayer specification, 400

Message(s)

applications, 24

delivery, anytime, anywhere, 42

exchange of during handoff, 283

H.323, 160

relaying, 47

Metricom, 431, 434, 435, 438

Metropolitan area network (MAN), 229

MexE, see Mobile Execution Environment

MF classification, see Multiple field classification

MH, see Mobile host

Microbrowser specification, 500

Microcontroller unit (MCU), 527

MicroLink microwave radio terminal, 449

Micro-mobility, 158, 209, 210, 214, 227, 240

Microsoft, 234, 308, 507

Active Server Pages, 464, 465

Easy Living project, 413

NetMeeting, 172, 173, 174, 175

Office Suite, 191

Personal Web Server (PWS), 464

Powerpoint, 191

Windows CE, 447, 498

Windows Media Audio (WMA), 557

Windows Media Player, 106

Windows Media Video (WMV), 557

Windows NT remote access service, 516

Windows Pocket PC platform, 544

Windows 2000 Server operating system, 553

Windows XP operating system, 440

Word, 191

Microwave transmission, 6

Mini base stations, 446

Minibrowser, 23

Mini-digital certificates, 506

MIT Cricket Location Support System, 412, 416

MML, see Mobile Multilink Layer

MMP, see Mobile motion prediction

MMS, see Mobile Management Server

MN, see Mobile node

Mobile Accessing Manager (MAM), 461, 463, 467

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), 382

Mobile agent technology, 221

Mobile application part (MAP), 369

Mobile channels

categories of, 473

packet-switched, 84

Mobile data access system (MDAS), 456, 463

Mobile database system architecture, 460

Mobile device(s)

ability of to store e-mail attachments, 65

all-in-one, 203

attributes of, 98

memory, purging of passwords from, 64

Mobile Execution Environment (MexE), 561

Mobile Extensions to RSVP, 216

Mobile host (MH), 201, 266, 385

Mobile Internet, wireless local access to, 227–244

local access technologies, 228–236

data link layer, 231–232

802.11 architecture, 229–230

802.11 standard, 228–229

other related standards, 232–235

physical layer, 230–231

WLAN interoperability, 235–236

mobility and Internet protocols, 236–242

micro-mobility, 240–242

mobile IP, 238–239

mobile IP problems, 239–240

problem of IP-based mobility, 236–237

Mobile IP, 201–203, 208

base specification of, 212

handover detection, 202–203

location registration, 201

packet forwarding, 202

scenario, 239

Mobile Management Server (MMS), 192

Mobile-mobile connections, comparison of rerouting schemes for, 294

Mobile-mobile rerouting, 267, 290, 291

Mobile motion prediction (MMP), 256, 259

Mobile Multilink Layer (MML), 479

Mobile multimedia streaming, 78, 79, 80, 93

Mobile network(s)

congestion issues, 80

mobility, 81

radio link quality, 81

Mobile node (MN), 239

Mobile People Architecture, 206

Mobile phone(s)

GPS services embedded in, 191

radiation, 503

standards, basis of, 11

users, number of, 185

Mobile robots, 385

Mobile Shop, 442

Mobile station (MS), 81

Mobile streaming client, 80, 81

Mobile switching center (MSC), 375, 410

Mobile terminal, 353, 363, 375

Mobile units (MU), 458

Mobile video telephony

standards for, 475

system, typical, 472

Mobile Web Services, access to, 26

Mobile and wireless Internet services, from luxury to commodity, 429–442

evolution of mobile Internet services, 430–431

high-speed Wi-Fi, 439–441

i-mode, 437–438

key to wireless Internet growth, 441–442

moderate speeds over wireless WANs, 434–435

primitive digital data over packet-switching networks, 432–434

slow motion over plain old cellular, 431–432

3G, 438–439

2.5G, 435–437

Web clipping over pager networks, 432

Mobility

forms of, 198

importance of in telemedicine, 515

IP

-based, problem of, 236

research studies on, 237

macro-, 209

management, 223, 365

end-to-end, 214

optimized, 199

micro-, 209, 210, 214, 227, 241

network layer, 199

personal, 203

prediction, 255

support stations (MSSs), 292, 458

terminal, 199

user, 198

Mobitex, 187

Model(s)

burst source, 178

cable-replacement usage, 208

client/server, 328

direct routing call, 160

DOD reference, 199

Engset, 178–179

entity-relationship, 521, 522

FLIPS, 561

global mobility, 258

GSM, 516

local mobility, 258

OSI, 365

SSL trust, 506

Summary Schemas, 456

UMTS simulation, 552

WAP-enabled transaction, 455, 456

WAP programming, 187, 500, 519

Modem(s)

AT&T Keep-In-Touch cellular, 515

Bluetooth, 39

cable, 220

Compaq SpeedPaq 336, 431

dial-up, 220

digital, 16

printers configured with wireless, 451

receivers, additive noise in, 42

telephony, successful feature in, 198

WLAN, 32, 34

Modulation and coding schemes (MCS), 85

MOS, see Mean opinion score

Most-probable location area (MPLA), 260

Motient networks, 434

Motion prediction algorithm (MPA), 256

Motorola, 20, 234, 308, 446

Digital Personal Communicator, 515

iDEN cellular telephone, 499

mobile E-site developed by, 498

Movement

circle (MC), 256, 257

track (MT), 256, 257

MPA, see Motion prediction algorithm

MPEG

definition of, 107

streaming of over lossy networks, 107

video

data, 111

sequence, 120

MPEG-4

AAC, 97

profiles, 108

Visual, 97

MPLA, see Most-probable location area

MPLS, see Multiprotocol label switching

MS, see Mobile station

MSC, see Mobile switching center

MSDUs, see MAC service data units

MSOCKS proposal, 214

MSSs, see Mobility support stations

MT, see Movement track

MTMR, see Multiple-transmit multiple-receive communications architectures

MU, see Mobile units

Multiantenna technology for high-speed wireless Internet access, 335–350

fundamental limits to mobile data access, 336–338

capacity and bandwidth efficiency, 336–337

pushing limits with multiantenna technology, 337–338

space, 337

implementation, 346–347

models, 338–341

single-user throughput, 341–344

multiple-transmit multiple-receive architectures, 343–344

receive diversity, 342–343

single-user bandwidth efficiency, 341–342

transmit diversity, 342

system throughput, 344–346

Multicarrier Modulation (MCM), 28

Multicast-join-based rerouting, 270

Multidatabase system (MDBS), 456, 463

Multimedia streaming over mobile networks, European perspective, 77–104

challenges of mobile networks, 80–93

end-to-end system architecture, 79–80

performance issues of mobile streaming, 98–101

bearer considerations, 100

link aliveness, 101

RTCP, 100–101

RTSP signaling issues, 101

standards for mobile streaming, 94–98

release 4 PSS, 94–97

release 5 PSS, 97–98

Multipath feeding, 115

Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (MACA), 392

Multiple air interfaces (MAI), 17, 18

Multiple field (MF) classification, 213

Multiple-transmit multiple-receive (MTMR) communications architectures, 338

architectures, 343

potential, 346

Multiplexer packet structure, 479

Multiplexing, 345

Multiplex layer (MUX), 478

Multipoint conferencing, network endpoint for, 159

Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), 153

Music, delivery of over wireless Internet, 537–565

experimental study, 551–559

mobile karaoke, 556–559

song-on-demand, 553–556

UMTS simulation model, 552–553

related work and comparison, 559–562

distribution of multimedia resources over Internet, 559–560

multimedia synchronization for delivering karaoke, 561–562

wireless access to Internet, 560–561

system issues, 540–541

wireless Internet application for music distribution, 542–551

design principles, 544–549

search and download of musical resources, 543–544

structuring karaoke clips, 549–551

Musical files, MP3 format, 542

MUX, see Multiplex layer

myAladdin.com, 499