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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA),
640, 646–647
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN), 640
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), 165,
181, 183, 193, 197, 209, 522, 617, 640
Internet Explorer (IE), 679
Internet fax protocol (IFP), 165
Internet header length (IHL), 650
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP),
182–183
Internet Protocol (IP), 124–125, 289, 650–657
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), 640–643
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), 640
Internet Registry, 646–647
Internet Relay Chat (IRC), 190
Internet Service Provider (ISP), 634, 634–639
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
(iSCSI), 415, 416
Internet Society (ISOC), 639, 757
Internet Tax Freedom Act, 670, 677
Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act, 670
Internet2, 671–672
InterNIC, see Network Information Center
(NIC) Internet Registry
Intersymbol interference, 84
Intranet, 680–681
Inverse multiplexing, see Multiplexing
Inverse Multiplexing over ATM (IMA), see
Multiplexer
Inward Wide Area Telephone Service (INWATS),
115–116, 235
IP centrex, see Centrex
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), 713–714
IPBX, see Private branch exchange
IP PBX, see Private branch exchange
IP Security (IPsec), see Security; Tunneling
IP Switching, see Switching
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), 612
IPv6 Forum, 759
Iridium, 592–596
IS-54, 559, 576
IS-95, 576, 578, 585
IS-136, 559, 576
IS-856, 585
IS-2000-A, 585
Isochronous (isoc), 201, 272, 529
Isochronous Ethernet Integrated Services
(IsoEthernet), see Ethernet
Ives, Herbert E., 602
J
Jamming signal, 373
Japanese Digital Cellular (JDC), 578
Japanese Total Access Communications System
(JTACS), 575
INDEX 777
Java Telephony Application Programming
Interface (JTAPI), 140
J-Carrier, 305, 318, 319
Jitter, 165, 489, 490
Joan/Eleanor, 565
Joint Photographic Eperts Group (JPEG), 183,
610
JUGHEAD, 678
Jumbo payload, 653
Junk Fax Protection Act of 1995, 168
Just a Bunch Of Disks (JBOD), 415
K
Ka-band, 68, 69, 71
Kahn, Robert E., 630
Keep alive, 165, 266
Kerberos, 291, 683
Kermit, 283
Key service unit (KSU), 104–105
Key telephone system (KTS), 103–107
Kinescope, 602
Kingsbury Commitment, 202, 717
Kosher phone, 590
Ku-band, 68, 69, 71
L
Label, 665f
Label distribution protocol (LDP), 664
Label edge router (LER), 663, 664f
Label switched path (LSP), 664f
Label switched router (LSR), 664f
Lamarr, Hedy, 560
Lambda, 27, 78
Landing point, 213
LAN Emulation (LANE), 383, 530, 531, 535–536
LAN Emulation Client (LEC), 535
LAN Emulation Confi guration Server (LECS),
535
LAN Emulation Server (LES), 535
LAN Emulation User-to-Network Interface
(LUNI), 535
Laser, 27, 76, 80–82
distributed feedback (DFB), 82
Fabry-Perot, 81–82
vertical-cavity surface-emitting (VCSEL), 82,
85–86f
Laser diode, See Diode laser
Latency, 332, 489, 490
Latin-American and Caribbean Network
Information Centre (LACNIC), 647
Lay length, 49
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), see
Tunneling
Layer 3 Switching, see Switching
Layer 4 Switching, see Switching
Layer 1, see Physical Layer
Layer 2, see Data Link Layer