Index_F

F

fabrication attacks, 67, 72-75, 72

fade (see also multipath), 204

fade margin, 114-115, 218-219

family values and wireless, 345

fast Fourier transform (FFT), 23

FatPort, 284

federal/government communications, interference and, 315-316

Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 2, 10, 307-327

cost of wireless vs. wired, 278

E911 and CALEA, 190

frequency allocation and, 50, 317-326, 334

interference regulations and, 311-316

network design regulations, 206-208

power management, 309-310

spread spectrum and, 16

feedline or pigtail antennas, 243-244

fiberglass, as source of attenuation, 220

fiberoptics, 3

filters, 17

firewalls and DMZs, 81-83, 81, 82

first generation (1G) networks, 50

fixed microwave services, interference and, 315

flooding attacks, 79

flow specification (flowspec), RSVP, 128

forward equivalence classes (FECs), MPLS, 134-136, 138

forwarding, DiffServ, 131

fourth generation (4G) networks, 50

fragmentation of data, 148, 149

frame burst, 148

frame relay, 161, 236

frequency allocation (see frequency spectrum)

frequency division multiplexing (FDM), OFDM and, 25

frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS), 16-19, 20-21, 115, 209-211, 311-313

frequency modulation (FM), 18

frequency reuse, 226-228, 227, 228, 229

frequency spectrum, 10, 43, 49-50, 205-209, 208, 313, 334

A and B block, 50

allocation of, 228-231, 230, 231, 312, 317-326, 334

commons or open access model of, 324

congressional reform in allocation of, 325-326

exclusive use model for, 323-324

government control of, 323-324

industrial, scientific, medical (ISM) band in, 107, 109, 204, 205, 313-314

millimeter wave, 51

plan, frequency plan, 226

public interest concepts and, 324-325

quasi-property-rights model for, 323-324

reuse of, 226-228, 227, 228, 229

scarcity of, 321-324

unlicensed national information infrastructure (UNII) and, 110-111, 204, 205-208, 310, 313

Fresnel zone, 119-121, 213, 214-215, 214, 224

Fusion Lighting, 264