M

MAC (see Media Access Control)

Managed switches, 102

Management Information Base (MIB), 102, 314

Management messages (FLAP), 254–255

Mapping applications, on Internet, 1–2

Master Street and Address Guide (MSAG), 314

Measurement Interface (LIS), 70–71

Measurements, 214

in cellular networks, 8

devices for, 192

in location information server, 22

Media Access Control (MAC):

for cable modem address, 58–59, 176

defined, 314

for DOCSIS, 173

and managed switches, 102

Media Gateway Control Function (MGCF), 210, 314

Meridian, 314

Message type definitions, 259–261

Message types (FLAP), 59–64, 251–257

MGCF (see Media Gateway Control Function)

MIB (see Management Information Base)

MIME (see Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)

MIN (see Mobile Identification Number)

MLC (see Serving Mobile Location Center)

MLP (Mobile Location Protocol), 198

Mobile Identification Number (MIN):

defined, 314

mapping to, 202

Mobile IP (see Home Agent)

Mobile Location Center (see Serving Mobile Location Center)

Mobile Location Protocol (MLP), 198

Mobile Positioning Centre (MPC), 202

Mobile station (MS), 314

Mobile Station International Subscriber Dial Number (MSISDN):

defined, 314

in GPRS networks, 198, 200

Mobile Switching Center (MSC):

defined, 315

in UMA, 203

Mobility:

emergency services affected by, 15

and Internet-use, 2

IP, 193–194

of Voice over Internet Protocol, 14–15

in wireless networks, 193–194

MPC (Mobile Positioning Centre), 202

MS (Mobile station), 314

MSAG (Master Street and Address Guide), 314

MSC (see Mobile Switching Center)

MSI (see International Mobile Station Identifier)

MSISDN (see Mobile Station International Subscriber Dial Number)

Multilateration, 186, 187

Multipath signals, 182

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME):

defined, 315

secure, 289