Index_M

M

M sequences, 22

MAC address filtering, 62, 66, 73, 265

MAC layer management entity (MLME), 27

MAC protocol data unit (MPDU), 32, 146-147

MAC service data unit (MEDUSA), 27, 32

maintenance, 265-266

man-in-the-middle attack, 74

management information base (MIB), 27, 32, 72

mean opinion score (MOS), QoS and, 135, 173-174, 183

media access control (MAC), 19, 26-34

architecture of MAC layer in, 27-34

association/disassociation/reassociation in, 29-30

authentication in, 28

carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CD), 33, 34

data delivery, 31

distributed coordinated function (DCF) in, 32-33

distribution and, 30

frames in, 32

hidden node problem in, 33

integration in, 31

legacy systems and QoS, 142-143

logical link control (LLC) and, 27

MAC address filtering, 62, 66, 73, 265

MAC layer management entity (MLME) in, 27

MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) in, 32

MAC service data unit (MEDUSA) in, 27, 32

management information base (MIB) and, 27, 32

network allocation vector (NAV) in, 33

Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model and, 26, 27

PCF interframe space (PIFS) interval in, 33

PHY layer management entity (PLME) and, 27

physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) and, 32

point coordination function (PCF) in, 32, 33-34

privacy and, 30

quality of service (QoS) and, 128, 150-154

services of, 26-27, 28-31

short interframe space (SIFS) in, 33-34

stations in, 26-27

wireless MAN (WMAN) and, 52

media gateway control protocol (MGCP), 163, 168

media gateway controller (MGC) (see also softswitches), 168-169

MEGACO, voice over IP (VoIP) and, 163

Memorandum of Final Judgment (MFJ), 6, 158-159

mesh networks, 202-203, 203

interference and, 120-121

message integrity check (MIC), 86

Metcalf's Law, 59

metro area networks (MANs), 42, 48-54, 165

Microsoft, 234

microwave interference, 315, 264

millimeter wave spectrum, 51

Mobile IP, 39

mobile satellite service (MSS), 205

mobility, 38-39

modification attacks, 67, 75-77, 76

modulation, 16-18, 16

Morse code, 39

multichannel multipoint distribution service (MMDS), 48

multilink point-to-point protocol (MPPP), OFDM and, 25

multipath, 23-24, 113, 114-115, 204

antennas, 246-247, 247, 249-251, 249

multiple dwelling unit (MDU) hotspots, 259-261, 259, 260, 261, 279, 282, 283

multiple in, multiple out (MIMO), 112

multiplexing, OFDM and, 25

multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), 127, 134-139

architecture for, 135-137

forward equivalence classes (FEC) in, 138, 134-136

label distribution protocol (LDP) in, 137

label switched paths (LSP) in, 137

label switching router (LSR) in, 136-137

next hop level forwarding entry (NHLFE) in, 136

traffic engineering in, 137-139