FDM, 26 MSS (maximum segment size), 255 intelligent, 28-30 MSS (Mobile Satellite Service), 62, 599 inverse, 30-31 MTSO (mobile telephone switching office), 582 minimizing latency with, 99 MTU (multiple-tenant unit), 503 overview of, 23-26 MTV, 712-713 STDM, 27-28 Multi-Class Multi-Link (MCML) PPP, 330 TDM, 26-27 Multiantenna technology, 557 WDM, 30-32 Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA-SIG), 669 Multipoint control units (MCUs), 332 Multicarrier modulation schemes, 157-159, 562-563 Multipoint leased lines, 204 Multicast Multiport repeaters, 187 IPv6, 275 Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP), 264, 365-367 next-generation requirements, 411 Multiprotocol, defined, 446 overview of, 269 Multiprotocol Label Switching. See MPLS (Multi- Multicast (mbone) backbone, IPv4, 271 protocol Label Switching) Multidomain networking, 147 Multiservice edge Multientity buildings, 113 architecture of, 435-437 Multiline VoDSL (Voice over DSL), 502 attributes of, 433-434 Multimedia gateway controller function (MGCF), overview of, 432-433 IMS, 424, 699 service and protocol integration at, 434-435 Multimedia handsets, 689-691 Multiservice provisioning platforms (MSPPs), 465, Multimedia networking, 389-409 472-473 digital video, 390-396 Multistation access units (MSAUs), 188 overview of, 389-390 Multiunit market (MxU), 503 television standards. See television standards MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators), 711 Multimedia resource function controller (MRFC), MxU (multiunit market), 503 IMS, 424, 698 MyCupid, 713 Multimedia resource function processor (MRFP), IMS, 424, 699 Multimode fiber, 74-76 N-ISDN (Narrowband ISDN) Multipath distortion, 398, 555 networks based on, 212-215 Multiple-dwelling unit (MDU), 503 overview of, 47-48 Multiple-input multiple-output. See MIMO PSTN access lines, 108 (multiple-input multiple-output) antennas Naming Authority Pointer Resource Records, 339 Multiple-system operators (MSOs), 509 NAPs (network access points), 293 Multiple-tenant unit (MTU), 503 Narrowband, xxxiv, 15, 560 Multiplexers (muxes) Narrowband ISDN. See N-IS