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■D<br />

dark fiber, features of, 75–76<br />

data mining, performing with OSS, 182<br />

data stream, analyzing, 91<br />

deep memory waveform generator, using<br />

with adaptive array antennas, 89<br />

DEMS (Digital Electronic Message Service)<br />

licensed spectrum, significance of, 46<br />

DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol),<br />

overview of, 132<br />

diagnostic software, features of, 191<br />

diffraction, relationship to NLOS and wave<br />

propagation, 115<br />

DiffServ protocol, supporting IP QoS with, 167<br />

directional antennas, features of, 28–29<br />

directivity polar plots, using with antennas, 109<br />

diversity antenna systems<br />

relationship to multipath distortion, 36<br />

using with OFDM, 118<br />

DLCs (digital loop carriers)<br />

relationship to DSL, 17<br />

relationship to T1 and SONET, 59<br />

terminating copper-pair phone lines at,<br />

148–149<br />

DLS lines, terminating, 149<br />

DoS (denial-of-service) attacks,<br />

characteristics of, 192–193<br />

DSL<br />

installation requirements for, 25<br />

overview of, 16–18<br />

DSL aggregation nodes, capacity of, 25–26<br />

DWDM (dense wave division multiplexing),<br />

use of, 40<br />

■E<br />

E band, use for high-speed data<br />

transmissions, 39, 40<br />

E1/T1 circuit-based service, significance<br />

of, 3–4<br />

edge routers<br />

considering for central offices, 67<br />

features of, 51, 133<br />

■INDEX<br />

EDX network mapping software tool,<br />

benefits of, 105–106<br />

EHF (extremely high frequency) region<br />

explanation of, 39–40<br />

versus FSO (free-space optics), 40<br />

electrical systems, security of, 188–189<br />

encryption software, features of, 191<br />

enterprise networks, interfacing with,<br />

127–128<br />

enterprise users, internal networks for,<br />

124–128<br />

enterprise versus carrier grade equipment,<br />

63–64<br />

entertainment services, use of, 56–57<br />

equipment<br />

field testing, 93<br />

mounting in central offices, 69<br />

selecting, 92–94<br />

error rate, relationship to QoS, 163<br />

Ethernet switches<br />

placing in central offices, 135–137<br />

using in VPNs, 160<br />

Ethernet versus IP, 60<br />

extranets, VPNs as, 158<br />

■F<br />

fade margin, relationship to link budgets, 91<br />

fast packet connections, relationship to<br />

VPNs, 159<br />

FCIP tunneling protocol, relationship to<br />

storage services, 174<br />

FFTs (Fourier transforms), relationship to<br />

OFDM, 117<br />

fiber<br />

versus airlink, 21<br />

installation requirements for, 25<br />

fiber rings, characteristics of, 149<br />

fiber-optic backhaul, considering in central<br />

offices, 73–74<br />

figures<br />

directional antenna directivity polar<br />

plot, 109<br />

199

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