Index
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Air-interface (cellular phone)
multipath signals
only limited bands of frequencies can be used
roaming and handover
transmissivity is affected by atmospheric conditions
voice is digitized and compressed
Amazon.com
Ambient network
Analog signal
Analog voice over twisted pair; see also Pulse code modulation (PCM)
coding analog speech signal
companding
compressing analog speech signal
operating range
some information discarded
Android operating system
Application service providers (ASP)
main profit makers
provide most content
Approaches to delivery of broadband entertainment
ARPAnet
Asynchronous or synchronous digital signals
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM); see also Cell relay
Aural models
code-excited linear prediction (CELP)
ITU Recommendations G.722 and G.726
ITU Recommendations G.723.1, G.728, G.729, and G.729(A)
linear predictive coding (LPC)
sub-band coding (SBC)
vocal tract model
Backhaul
EV-DO and HSPA
Berners-Lee, Tim
Bit
Bluetooth
classes of power permitted
frequency-hopping spread spectrum modulation (FHSS)
operation in unlicensed ISM band
Broadband
Brownfield construction
BT Group
21st century network progress
Cable access to the home
hybrid fiber-coaxial cable network
master head-end
primary hub
progressive or interlaced scans
Tru2way
video on demand (VOD)
web-browser in set top box
Cable television
broadband access to Internet
business regulations
candidates for increasing service revenues
delivers high-speed data services ...
