Index

A

AA, see Application agent

AAA servers, see Authentication, accounting, and administration servers

Access point (AP), 128, 374, 399, 434

ACID, see Atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability

ACK, see Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment (ACK), 317

ACL, see Asynchronous connectionless link

Actual data rate, 9

Adaptation layer (AL), 478

Adaptive differential PCM (ADPCM) coding standards, 154

Adaptive multirate (AMR)

codec, 219

narrowband, 97, 476, 480

speech frame, 485

wideband, 97, 480

Adaptive resource management, 248

ADC, see Analog-to-digital converter

Address translation

agent (ATA), 237

problem, mobility as, 238

Ad hoc network(s), 43

energy-efficient routing in, 49

flat, 47

management, 136

Ad hoc networks, mobile, 381–405

issues for protocol layers in MANETs, 386–394

application layer, 386

data link layer, 391–394

network layer and routing, 388–391

physical layer, 384

transport layer, 387–388

MANET implementation, 394–402

hardware technologies, 401–402

network technologies, 398–401

software technologies, 395–398

wireless ad hoc network application, 384–385

Ad hoc on-demand distance vector routing (AODV), 390

Adobe, 24

ADPCM coding standards, see Adaptive differential PCM coding standards

ADTRAN, 448

Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS), 9, 114, 370

Advanced Reservation Signaling, 218

Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) initiative, 411

Aether Systems, 502

AFP, see AppleTalk Filing Protocol

Agere Systems, 308

Airify, 228

AL, see Adaptation layer

A-law, 154

Alert Protocol (AP), 458

All-in-one mobile devices, 203

Allocation

coarse-grained, 218

history-based, 218

neighborhood-based, 218

Alternative strategy (AS), 372

AM, see Amplitude modulation

Amazon, 498, 507

AMBULANCE project, 516

American Mobile Satellite Corporation (AMSC), 433

American National Standards Institution (ANSI), 155, 486

Amplitude

modulation (AM), 7

shift keying (ASK), 7

AMPS, see Advanced Mobile Phone Service

AMR, see Adaptive multirate

AMSC, see American Mobile Satellite Corporation

Analog-to-digital converter (ADC), 527

Anchor

rerouting, preconfigured, 216, 217

robot, messages sent between controller and, 384

Announce protocol, 130

ANSI, see American National Standards Institution

Answer-signal delay (ASD), 481, 490

Antivirus software, 503

Anytime, anywhere communications, goal of, 43

Anytime, anywhere Internet connectivity, 78

Anytime, anywhere message delivery, 42

AODV, see Ad hoc on-demand distance vector routing

AOL, 442

AP, see Access point

API, see Application-programming interface

AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP), 386

Application(s)

agent (AA), 207

Balance Inquiry, 193

Check Call, 193

development, secure, 190

end-user, 246

fleet management, 411

follow-me, 207

frozen, 207

gateway, 544

hybrid, 460

killer, 185

mass-market, 32

-programming interface (API), 365

QoS, 474

real-time, 460

redesign of, 455

service provider (ASP), 499

software, alignment of, 453

synchronization, 459

system-enhancement, 246

TCP/IP-based, 540

Transmission Adaptation, 117

video telephony, 470

WAP

flow of, 523, 524

setup for accessing, 529, 530

wireless Internet growth and, 441

ARC Cores, 23

Archiving and communication system, 513

Ariel Communications, 69

ARM Ltd., 23

ARQ, see Automatic repeat request

AS, see Alternative strategy

ASD, see Answer-signal delay

ASDCS, see Asymmetric satellite data communication system

ASP, see Application service provider

Asymmetrical service, 83

Asymmetric satellite data communication system (ASDCS), 518

Asynchronous connectionless link (ACL), 235, 316, 319

Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), 150, 399

ATA, see Address translation agent

ATIS initiative, see Advanced Traveler Information Systems initiative

ATM, see Asynchronous transfer mode

Atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability (ACID), 461

AT&T

Keep-In-Touch cellular modem, 515

TDMA used by, 57

wireless PBX products introduced by, 444

Auctions

time-sensitivity of, 508

wireless, 508

Aurora VLSI, 23

Authentication, 63

accounting, and administration (AAA) servers, 161–162

Center, 59

end-to-end, 63

Automatic repeat request (ARQ), 540–541

Avon Products, Inc., 451