MAC. See message authentication code
MAC addresses
ARP and, 471–472
in beacon frames, 535
broadcast address, 470, 472
802.11 access points, 533, 535
802.11 frames, 543–545
network adapters, 468–470
wireless LAN authentication by, 536
MAC protocol. See medium access control protocol
mailbox, 116
mail servers, 116–117
malware, 55–56
managed device, 422
managed objects, 422
Management Information Base (MIB), 422, 424
managing server, 422
MANETs. See mobile ad hoc networks
manifest file, 149
MAP message, 465
Master Key, 649
Master Secret (MS), 636
match-plus-action, 318
forwarding table, 356
in generalized forwarding, 354–355
OpenFlow, 358–361
match-plus-action flow tables, 415
maximum segment size (MSS), 235, 279
maximum transmission unit (MTU), 235, 333
MD4, 613
MD5 authentication, 394
MD5 hash algorithm, 612, 614
MDCs. See modular data centers
medium access control protocol (MAC protocol), 442
802.11, 537–542
Ethernet, 479
medium access protocol, 439
memory
access times, 318
bandwidth of, 319
switching via, 319–320
mesh networks, wireless, 524
message authentication code (MAC), 613–614
digital signatures and, 616–617
IPsec datagrams, 642
in SSL, 634–635
message integrity, 594–595, 610, 627, 628
message queue, 117
messages, 23, 50, 88
application-layer, 54
ARP, 471–473, 503
complexity in LS algorithms, 390–391
DHCP, 343–344, 501–502
DNS, 136–138, 503–504
e-mail formats, 121–122
HELLO, 394
HTTP format, 103–108
ICMP ping, 139
intruder actions on, 596
OpenFlow, 415
port-status, 415
SIP, 706
source quench, 419–420
Metcalfe, Bob, 460, 475, 478
metering function, 722
MIB. See Management Information Base
Microsoft, 64
Microsoft Research, 375
middleboxes, 347, 354
MIME headers, 630
MIMO. See multiple input multiple-output
Minitel, 63
MME. See Mobility Management Entity
mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), 524–525, 562
mobile IP, 570–574
agent discovery, 571–572
GSM commonalities to, 580
registration with home agent, 572–573, 574
mobile nodes
addressing, 562–564
DHCP and, 344
direct routing to, 568–569
in foreign networks, 563–564
indirect routing to, 565–568
routing to, 564–569
mobile station roaming number (MSRN), 576
mobile switching center (MSC), 554, 556, 575
anchor, 579
handoffs and, 578–580
mobile-user location protocol, 568
mobility, 519–520, 590
addressing and, 562–564
cellular network management of, 574–582
degrees of, 560–561
handoff and, 524
higher-layer protocols and, 580–582
management, 560–569
node address and, 561
on same IP subnet, 546–547
within VLANs, 548
wired infrastructure and, 562
Mobility Management Entity (MME), 559
modify-field action, 358
modular data centers (MDCs), 498–499
modulation techniques
dynamic selection of, 527–528
PCM, 678, 700
SNR and BER for, 526–528
monoalphabetic cipher, 597
Mosaic Communications, 63
MOSPF. See multicast OSPF
MP3. See MPEG 1 layer 3
MPEG, 700
MPEG 1 layer 3 (MP3), 678, 700
MPLS. See Multiprotocol Label Switching
MPLS-enhanced forwarding, 493
MS. See Master Secret
MSC. See mobile switching center
MSRN. See mobile station roaming number
MSS. See maximum segment size
MTU. See maximum transmission unit
multicast OSPF (MOSPF), 394
multicast routing, 589
multi-home, 33
multi-homed access ISP, 404
multi-hop, infrastructure-based wireless networks, 524
multi-hop, infrastructure-less wireless networks, 524–525
multihop path, 265–267
multi-hop wireless networks, point-to-point 802.11 links in, 542
multimedia applications, 737
audio properties, 677–679
conversational voice and video over IP, 680–681
network support for, 709–726
streaming live audio and video, 681
streaming stored audio and video, 679–680
TCP use by, 202
types of, 679–681
UDP use by, 202–203
video properties, 676–677
multipath propagation, 525
multiple access channels, 451, 452
multiple access problem, 451
multiple access protocols, 452–453, 537
multiple input multiple-output (MIMO), 532
multiple same-cost paths, in OSPF, 394
multiple versions, 677
multiplexing, 193–200
connectionless, 195–196
connection-oriented, 196–199
transport-layer, 192
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), 491, 492–494
MX records, 128, 136