423 MCR (Minimum Cell Rate), 231 Multiplexing, 134, 135, 199, 200-204, 206, 207, MCS, 23, 25, 35, 36, 54, 68, 162, 163, 171-176, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 223, 225, 230, 269, 270, 271, 302 236, 309, 328, 423, 480, 490 Mean CTD (Mean Cell Transfer Delay), 231, 232, Multivendor interoperability, 161 Mean Opinion Score (MOS), 106, 109, 144, 145 NBAP, 274, 275, 294, 304 Measurement Triggering, 98, 100, 101 Neighbour Cells, 89, 93, 94, 155 Media Gateway (MGW), 329-332 Neighbour list, 94, 98, 182, 183, 185 Medium Access Control (MAC), 25, 87, 88, 173, NETACT Planner, 50 273, 401, 469-478, 474 Network Analysis, 375, 376, 378 Microwave link, 234-237, 246, 249, 250, 253, Network assessment, 128, 315, 316, 318, 319, 272, 300-302 320, 323, 336, 339, 397 Microwave Link Performance, 301 Network Assisted Cell Change (NACC), 167, 169 Microwave Link Planning, 234 Network care activity, 159 MIMO, 13, 420, 425, 426, 427, 467-475 Network Coverage, 17, 50, 141, 403, 414, 419 Minimum Cell Rate (MCR), 231 Network dimensioning, 19, 33, 48, 58, 64, 128, Mixed Networks, 288 315, 316, 317, 319, 322, 323, 336, 390, 391, MMS, 381, 408, 409 Mobile allocation list (MAList), 106, 116-119 Network elements restructuring, 121 Mobile Station (MS), 4, 6, 381, 496 Network Interface Unit, 407, 410, 495 Mobile Switching Centre (MSC), 4, 5, 7, 33, 113, Network layer, 135, 136, 319, 384, 427, 126, 136, 138, 149, 152, 289, 328, 329, 330, 430, 432 335, 348, 350, 352, 359, 367, 378, 397 Network Management, 11, 221, 228 Mobile Terminal, 277, 413, 420, 429, 431, 433, Network Management Planning, 197 436, 484, 485, 486, 504 Network Management System (NMS), 78, 106, Mobility, 23, 77, 80, 84, 85, 136, 145, 150, 154, 124, 128, 159, 291, 300, 301 155, 274, 307, 329, 330, 335, 347, 349, 381, Network Optimisation, 20, 106 392, 400, 405, 408, 412, 417, 428, 429, 430, Network Performance Monitoring, 377 436, 437, 485, 486 Network Switching Subsystem (NSS), 106, 113, Mobility Management (MM), 84, 136, 400 140, 155, 161 Modulation, 3, 10, 23, 24, 35, 54, 66, 171, 1