nte Communications, 334 Marcus, Roy, 226, 482 Line Overhead, 181, 183, 196 market segments (see Telecom market line timing (SONET), 190 segments) Linear Predictive Coding (LPC), 206-207 Markey, Hedy K., 352 line-side redirect, 294 Martin, Kevin, 236 link capacity adjustment scheme Maslow, Abraham, 477 (LCAS), 191, 192 A Mathematical Theory of Commu- link state protocols, 108, 109, 444 nication (Claude Shannon), 31 Index Maurer, Robert, 395, 397 Mosaic, 35, 36, 39 Maxey, Alex, 273 Motion JPEG 2000 (MJP2), 73 maximum token rotation time, 266 Motorola, 310, 313, 316-317. 326, MBONE, 39 347, 474 McGowan, Bill, 139 moving images, compression (see MPEG) MCI. 136-140, 177, 232, 333, 431, 461, 462 MPEG (Moving Pictures Expert Group), MDF (Main Distribution Frame), 156, 79-87, 275-276 159-162 MPEG-1, 82 mechanized loop testing (MLT), 303 MPEG-2, 82 Media Gateway Control Protocol MPEG-3, 82-83 (MGCP), 219-220 MPEG-4, 83 medium access control (MAC), 265, 443 MPEG-7, 83-87 medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites, MSOH (Multiplex Section). 195, 196 346-347 MSOs (cable multiple system MeGaCo, 220 operators), 462-464, 479 memory. computer, 244, 247-250 Multichannel Multipoint Distribution MEO (medium Earth orbit) satellites, System (MMDS), 333 346-347 Multiline-PPP Protocol (ML-PPP), 437 message switching, 95, 372 multimedia, 269-279 Metcalfe, Bob, 260 application requirements, 219 metro markets, 229, 457-458 compression, 271, 275-276 metro networks, 19, 229, 233 still images, 270-271 metropolitan area networks (MANs), 361 video, 271-279 Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS), multimode dispersion (optical fibers), 231, 431 400-401 MHz (Megahertz), 245, 246 multimode fibers, 399, 414-415 Micro Electrical Mechanical System multiple system operators (see MSOs) (MEMS), 422-423 Multiplex Section (MSOH), 195, 196 Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry multiplexing, 20, 21 Systems (MITS), 255 DS3 multiplexers, 177. 180 Micron, 469 DWDM, 119, 403-405, 418-420 Microsoft, 255, 298, 473-476 in early telecommunications, 130 MILNET, 431 FDM, 20, 198-19