User's Manual

Glossary
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ITU-T International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications. An
intergovernmental organization through which public and private
organizations develop telecommunications. The ITU was founded in
1865 and became a United Nations agency in 1947. It is responsible
for adopting international treaties, regulations and standards
governing telecommunications. The standardization functions were
formerly performed by a group within the ITU called CCITT, but after
a 1992 reorganization the CCITT no longer exists as a separate
entity.
LAN Local area Network. A computer network limited to a small
geographical area, such as a single building. The network typically
links PCs as well as shared resources such as printers.
LED Light Emitting Diode.
μBST Micro Base Station
MAC Media Access Control. The lower of the two sub-layers of the data
link layer defined by the IEEE. The MAC sub-layer handles access to
shared media, such as whether token passing or contention will be
used.
MAC Address Standardized data link layer address that is required for every port
or device that connects to a LAN. Other devices in the network use
these addresses to locate specific ports in the network and to create
and update routing tables and data structures. MAC addresses are
6bytes long and are controlled by the IEEE.
MAN Metropolitan Area Network. A data network designed for a town or
city. In terms of geographic breadth, MANs are larger than local-area
networks (LANs), but smaller than wide-area networks (WANs).
MCS Multipoint Communications Systems. Applications licensed at 2500
MHz in Canada. A wide variety of applications are possible,
including one-way and two-way transmission and a diversity of
distribution capacities.
MD5 A Message-Digest algorithm developed by RSA Laboratories used for
creating unforgeable digital signatures. MD5 produces an 128-bit
(16 byte) message digest. Most existing software applications that
handle certificates only support MD5.
MIB Management Information Base. A database of objects that can be
monitored by a network management system. SNMP uses
standardized MIB formats that allow any SNMP tools to monitor any
device defined by a MIB.