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AAL (ATM adaptation layer)
Abort chunks
ABR (Associative-Based Routing) Protocol
Abstract syntax notation one (ASN.1) language
Access points
Accounting, network management for
Accuracy of routing algorithms
ACK frames
Acknowledgment (ACK) field 2nd
Acknowledgment number field
Acronyms
Ad-hoc networks
       MANETs [See Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs).]
        WMN support for
Ad-Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) protocol
        new nodes for
        route discovery and establishment in
        route maintenance in
        routing process in
Adaptability of routing algorithms
Adapters for ARP
Adaptive modulation
Adaptive protocols
Adaptive reservation schemes
Add cyclic prefixes
Additional information field
Additive increase, multiplicative decrease congestion control
Address autoconfiguration procedure
Address family identifier field
Address field
Address mapping in DNS
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Addresses
        ATM
        in mobile IP
        in network-layer routing
       IP [See IP addresses.]
       routing tables [See Routing tables.]
Admission control
ADSL (asymmetric DSL)
ADUs (application data units)
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) protocol
Agent address field
Agents
        H.323
        mobile IP
        network management
        SIP
Aggregate technique in CIDR
All-optical networks
All-optical switches 2nd
Aloha-based protocols
Alphabets in lossy compression
Amplifiers in optical networks
Amplitude shift keying (ASK)
Answer field
Antennas
        for wireless links
        in cellular networks
        WiMAX
Anycast addresses
AODV [See Ad-Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) protocol.]
Application data units (ADUs)
Application layer
        DNS
        email
        exercises
        FTP
        in TCP/IP protocol model
        network management
        overview
        remote login protocols
        summary
        WWW
Application-specific type RTCP packets
Arbitration elements
Area ID field
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
ARQ (automatic repeat request)
        in channel coding
        in TCP
Arrival rate in multipath buffered crossbars
ASK (amplitude shift keying)
ASN.1 (abstract syntax notation one) language
Associative-Based Routing (ABR) Protocol
Associativity in ABR
Associativity ticks
Assured forwarding PHBs
Asymmetric DSL (ADSL)
Asymmetric encryption
Asynchronous MAC protocols
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology
        cell structure 2nd
        M/D/1 model for
        protocol structure
        resource allocation in
ATM adaptation layer (AAL)
ATM layer
Attacks
        categories
        on ad-hoc networks
Attenuation, bit
Audio, streaming
Authentication
        categories
        digital signatures for
        in cellular networks
        SHA
Authentication data field
Authentication field
Authentication type field
Authenticity
        in ad-hoc networks
        in security
Authoritative servers
Authority field
Authorization in ad-hoc networks
Automatic discovery of services
Automatic repeat request (ARQ)
        in channel coding
        in TCP
Automatic routing table updates
Autonomous systems
Average queue length in RED
Await-reply packets