SDN, 212-215 WiBro (wireless broadband), 626-627 circuit-switched, based on leased lines, 4G systems, 612-615 203-212 broadband media options for, 490 LANs VS., 199-200 microwave and, 60-61 overview of, 201-203 overview of, 529 packet-switched. See Packet-switched networks Wide area networks. See WANs (wide area War dialing, 647 networks) Index Wideband Wireless fiber (WiFiber), 636-638 CDMA. See W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) Wireless HANs, 541-542 DCSs, 128 Wireless local area networks. See WLANs (wireless defined, 560 local area networks) overview of, 15-16 Wireless local loops, 618 Widescreen, 399 Wireless micromesh networks, 658-659 WiFiber (wireless fiber), 636-638 Wireless personal area networks. See WPANs WiMax (IEEE 802.16) (wireless personal area networks) 802.16 (WiMax), 621-626 Wireless wide area networks. See WWANs (wire- 802.16a revision, 623-624 less wide area networks) 802.16a Revision d (REVd), 623-624 Wireless World Wide Web (WWWW), 615 802.16e revision (Mobile WiMax), 623-624 WLANs (wireless local area networks), 638-659 comparing mobile data architectures, 627 IEEE 802.11x standards, 642-646 future of, 624-626 integrating with cellular networks, 651-654 LMDS revision, 623 mesh networks, 654-659 overview of, 621-623 microwave in, 61 VS. WiBro technology, 626 overview of, 638-640 WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave security, 646-648 Access), 621-626 VoWLAN, 648-651 future of, 624-626 Wi-Fi, 640-642 VS. HSDPA, 604 wireless broadband for, 529 overview of, 621-623 WM9 (Windows Media 9), 395 revisions, 623-624 WMANs (wireless metropolitan area networks), VS. WiBro technology, 626 617-638 WiMCA (WiMedia's MAC Convergence Architec- BFWA, 619-621 ture), 669 DMB, 634-636 WiMedia Alliance, 669-670 ESTI BRAN, 629-630 WiMedia's MAC Convergence Architecture Flash-OFDM, 632-634 (WiMCA), 669 iBurst, 630-631 Windows Media Video (WMV) 9 Advanced Profile, IEEE 802.16 (WiMax), 621-626 IEEE 802.20 (Mobile-Fi), 627-628 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), 646-647 overview of, 618-619 Wired HANs, 543-544 use of micro