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Management Plane, 535
Mann–Elkins Act, 717
Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP), 370,
413
Markov Source, see Compression
Maximum burst size (MBS), 530, 532, 534–535
Maximum frame size (MFS), 532, 535
Maximum segment size (MSS), 658
Maximum transmission unit (MTU), 653
MCI, 717
Mean opinion score (MOS), 512, 513
Measurement interval (T), 507
Mechanical strength, 46–47
Media gateway (MG), 144, 146, 616, 619
Media Gateway Control (Megaco), 619
Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), 619
Media gateway controller (MGC), 616, 619
Media manager, 146
Media server, 146
Mediation device, 130
Medium access control (MAC), 368–375
Medium access unit (MAU), 367, 375
Medium frequency (MF), 41
MERIT Access Exchange (MAE), 632f
MERIT Network, 631, 632
Mesh network, 70, 212, 401–402f
Message handling service (MHS), 661
Message mode, 531, 536
Message service, 234
Message Telecommunications Service (MTS),
233–234
Messaging services, 540
Messaging systems, 154–197
Messenger call, 234
Metcalfe, Robert, M., 354
Metropolitan Area Ethernet, see MAE
Metropolitan Area Exchange, see MAE
Metropolitan area network (MAN), 5, 251, 396,
396, 490, 538
Metropolitan Ethernet, 538–539
MFA Forum, 498, 522, 760
Michigan Bell, 708
Microcell, 556f–557
Microcom Networking Protocol (MNP), 260
Micro-electromechanical system (MEMS), 93
Microfi lter, 429, 437–438f
Microwave, 60–66, 61f, 62f
Military Network (MILNET), 323, 631
Minicom, 249
Minimum cell rate (MCR), 530, 532, 535
Minimum point of entry (MPOE), 222
Mobile messaging, 193–196
Mobile station (MS), 573
Mobile telephone switching offi ce (MTSO), 453,
573f
Mobitex, 591
Modal dispersion, see Dispersion
INDEX 779
Mode, 80
Modem, 22f, 252–264
56-Kbps, 262f–264
asynchronous, 260
cable, 447–448
conventional, 253–264
digital subscriber line (DSL), 430
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN),
264
limited-distance, 253
local area network (LAN), 367
on hold (MOH), 264
short-haul, 253
synchronous, 260
telco-return, 449, 463
Modifi ed Final Judgement (MFJ), 169, 211, 218,
223–225, 475, 573, 702, 708, 718
Modifi ed Huffman (MH), see Compression
Modifi ed Modifi ed Read (MMR), see
Compression
Modulation
3B/4B, 395
4B/5B, 391–392, 393
5B, 6B, 395
8-phase shift keying (8-PSK), 453, 583, 584
8 Vestigal Sideband (8 VSB), 606
8B/10B, 357, 395–396, 416
64B/66B, 361, 396
adaptive differential pulse code modulation
(ADPCM), 307, 309, 310, 444, 511, 512,
572, 614, 615, 623
amplitude modulation (AM), 13, 157, 255–256f,
453, 563
amplitude shift keying (ASK), see Amplitude
modulation
binary phase shift keying (BPSK), 257, 400,
405, 453, 456, 576
carrierless amplitude modulation (CAP), 433
coded orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (COFDM), 399
continuously variable slope delta (CVSD), 310,
409
differential phase shift keying (DPSK), 257,
258f
differential pulse code modulation (DPCM),
309–310
differential quaternary phase-shift keying
(DQPSK), 453, 577
frequency modulation (FM), 13, 157, 256f, 563,
571
frequency shift keying (FSK), see Frequency
modulation
gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK), 409,
571, 572
gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK), 576,
581, 582, 583, 584, 591
gaussian phase shift keying (GPSK), 409