Index

Symbols | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W

Symbols

2-D parity
2.4 GHz
4B/5B
4G
5 GHz
802.11
802.16
802.1Q
802.1X, IEEE

A

accelerated open, TCP
access point, Wi-Fi
accurate costs
ACD, IPv4
ACK compression
ACK, TCP
ACK[N]
acknowledgment
acknowledgment number, TCP
ACKs of unsent data, TCP
active close, TCP
active queue management
active subqueue
ad hoc configuration, Wi-Fi
ad hoc wireless network
additive increase, multiplicative decrease
address
Address Resolution Protocol
Administratively Prohibited
admission control, RSVP
advertised window size
AF drop precedence
AIMD, [1]
algorithm, distance-vector
algorithm, DSDV
algorithm, EIGRP
algorithm, exponential backoff
algorithm, fair queuing bit-by-bit round-robin
algorithm, fair queuing GPS
algorithm, fair queuing, quantum
algorithm, hierarchical weighted fair queuing
algorithm, Karn/Partridge
algorithm, link-state
algorithm, loop-free distance vector
algorithm, Nagle
algorithm, Shortest-Path First
algorithm, spanning-tree
all-nodes multicast address
all-routers multicast address
ALOHA
AMI
anycast address
AODV
ARP
ARP cache
ARP failover
ARP spoofing
ARPANET
ARQ protocols
AS-path
AS-set
association, Wi-Fi
Assured Forwarding
Assured Forwarding PHB
asymmetric routes
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
at-least-once semantics
ATM, [1]
authenticator, WPA
autoconfiguration, IPv4
autonomous system, [1], [2]

B

B8ZS
backbone
backoff, Ethernet
backup link, BGP
backwards compatibility, TCP
bad news, distance-vector
band width, radio
bandwidth
bandwidth delay
bandwidth guarantees
bandwidth × delay, [1]
base station, WiMAX
BBRR
beacon, Wi-Fi
Berkeley Unix
best-effort, [1]
best-path selection, BGP
BGP
BGP relationships
BGP speaker
big-endian
bind()
bit stuffing
bit-by-bit round robin
BLAM
border gateway protocol
border routers
bottleneck link, [1], [2]
BPDU message, spanning tree
bps, [1]
broadcast IP address
broadcast, Ethernet
BSD
buffer overflow
byte stuffing

C

Canopy
capture effect, Ethernet
care-of address
carrier Ethernet
cell-loss priority bit, ATM
channel, Wi-Fi
Christmas day attack
CIDR
Cisco, [1], [2], [3]
class A/B/C addressing
Class Selector PHB
class, queuing discipline
classful queuing discipline
Classless Internet Domain Routing
clear-to-send, Wi-Fi
cliff, [1]
CLNP
clock recovery
clock synchronization
CMNS
collision, [1]
collision avoidance
collision detection, [1], [2]
collision domain
collision, Wi-Fi
community attribute, BGP
concave cwnd graph
congestion, [1], [2]
congestion avoidance phase
congestion bit
congestion window
connection
connection table, virtual circuit
connection-oriented
connection-oriented networking
connectionless networking
conservative
contention
contention interval
contributing source, RTP
convergence to TCP fairness, [1]
convex cwnd graph
CRC code
CSMA, [1]
CSMA persistence
CSMA/CA
CSMA/CD
CSRC
CTS, Wi-Fi
Cubic, TCP
cumulative ACK
customer, BGP
cut-through
cwnd
CWR, [1]
cyclical redundancy check

D

DAD, IPv6
DALLY, TFTP
data rate
Data[N]
datagram forwarding
deadbeef, [1]
DECbit
DECnet
default forwarding entry
default route, [1]
delay constraints
delay, bandwidth
delay, largest-packet
delay, propagation
delay, queuing
delay, store-and-forward
delayed ACKs
Destination Unreachable
DHCP
DHCP Relay
DHCPv6, [1]
Differentiated Services, [1]
DiffServ
DIFS, Wi-Fi, [1]
distance vector, loop-free versions
distance-vector
distance-vector routing update
distribution network, Wi-Fi
DNS, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
domain name system
Dont Fragment bit
draft standard
drop precedence, DiffServ AF
DS
DS domain
DS field, IPv4 header
DS1 line
DS3 line
DSDV
DSO channel
dumbbell network topology
duplicate address detection, IPv4
duplicate connection request
duplicate-address detection, IPv6
dynamic rate scaling

E

EAP
ECE, [1]
Echo Request/Reply
ECN, [1]
ECT
EFS
EGP
EIGRP
elevator algorithm
End-to-End principle, [1]
error-correction code
error-detection code
estimated flightsize
Ethernet
Ethernet address
Ethernet hub
Ethernet repeater
Ethernet switch
EUI-64 identifier
Expedited Forwarding
Expedited Forwarding PHB
Explicit Congestion Notification, [1]
exponential backoff, Ethernet
exponential growth
export filtering, BGP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
extension headers
exterior routing
extreme TCP unfairness

F

fair queuing
fair queuing and AF
fair queuing and EF
fairness
fairness, TCP, [1], [2], [3]
Fast Ethernet
Fast Open, TCP
Fast Recovery
fast retransmit
fastest sequence, token-bucket
Fibonacci sequence
FIFO
fill time, voice
filtering, BGP
filterspec
FIN
finishing order, WFQ
firewall
fixed wireless
flights of packets
flightsize, estimated
flow control
flow control, TCP
Flow Label
flow specification
flow, IPv6
flowspec, RSVP
fluid model, fair queuing
foreign agent
forwarding delay
forwarding table
forwarding, IP
foxes
fragment header, IPv6
fragment offset
fragmentation
Fragmentation Required
fragmentation, IP
fragmentation, Wi-Fi
frame
framing
Friendliness, TCP

G

generalized processor sharing
generic hierarchical queuing
geographical routing
getAllByName(), java
getByName(), java
gigabit Ethernet
global scope, IPv6 addresses
goodput, [1]
GPS, fair queuing
granularity, loss counting
gratuitous ARP
greediness in TCP

H

H-TCP
half-closed, TCP
Hamilton TCP
Hamming code
HDLC
head-of-line blocking, [1], [2]
header
header, Ethernet
header, IPv4
header, IPv6
header, TCP
header, UDP
Hello, spanning-tree
henhouse
hidden-node collisions
hidden-node problem
hierarchical routing, [1], [2]
hierarchical token bucket
hierarchical token bucket, linux
high-bandwidth TCP problem
Highspeed TCP
hold down
home address
home agent
host identifier, ipv6
Host Unreachable
host-specific forwarding
hot-potato routing
htb, linux
hub, Ethernet
hulu
Hybla, TCP

I

IAB
ICMP
ICMPv6
idempotent
IDENT field
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.1Q
IEEE 802.1X
IETF
IFS, Wi-Fi
Illinois, TCP
implementations, at least two
import filtering, BGP
incarnation, connection
infrastructure configuration, Wi-Fi
initial sequence number, TCP, [1], [2]
instability, BGP
integrated services
integrated services, generic
interface
interior routing
Internet Architecture Board
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet exchange point
Internet Society
IntServ
IP, [1]
IP fragmentation
IP multicast
IP-in-IP encapsulation
iptables
IPv4 header
IPv6, [1]
IPv6 addresses
IPv6 connections, link-local
IPv6 extension headers
IPv6 header
ipv6 host identifier
IPv6 link-local connections
IPv6 multicast
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
IPv6 programming
ISM band
ISN, [1]
ISOC
IXP

J

jail, staying out of
java getAllByName()
java getByName()
jitter, [1], [2]
join, multicast
jumbogram, IPv6

K

Karn/Partridge algorithm
KeepAlive, TCP
kings
knee, [1], [2]

L

ladder diagram
LAN, [1]
LARTC
layers
leaky bucket, alternative formulation
learning, Ethernet switch, [1]
legacy routing
liberal
link-layer ACK
link-local address
link-state packets
link-state routing update
linux, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]
linux advanced routing
linux htb
linux IPv6 routing
listen
little-endian
load-balancing, BGP
local traffic
local-area network
logical link layer
lollipop numbering
longest-match rule, [1]
loopback address
loopback interface
loss recovery, sliding windows
loss synchronization
loss synchronization, TCP
loss-tolerant
lossy-link TCP problem
lost final ACK
lost final ACK, TFTP
LSA
LSP
LTE

M

MAC address
MAE
MAE-East
Manchester encoding
MANET
max-min fairness
Maximum Transfer Unit
Mbone
Mbps, [1]
MED, [1], [2]
mesh network
MIMO
minimal network configuration
minimizing route cost
Mitnick, Kevin, [1]
mixer, RTP
mobile IP
mobile wireless network
modified EUI-64 identifier
MPLS
MTU
multi-exit discriminator, [1]
multi-homed
multi-protocol label switching
multicast
multicast address allocation
multicast IP address
multicast subscription
multicast tree
multicast, Ethernet
multicast, IP
multiple losses
multiple token buckets
MUST

N

Nagle algorithm
NAT
NAT, IPv6-to-IPv4
Neighbor Advertisement, IPv6
Neighbor Discovery, IPv6
Neighbor Solicitation, IPv6
net neutrality
network address
network address translation
network entry, WiMAX
Network File Sharing
network interface, Ethernet
network management
network model
five layer
four layer
seven layer
network number
network prefix
network prefix, IPv6
Network Unreachable
NewReno, TCP
next_hop
NEXT_HOP attribute, BGP
NFS
no-transit, BGP
no-valley theorem, BGP
non-compliant, token-bucket
non-congestive loss
nonpersistence
NRZ
NRZI
ns-2 trace file
ns-2 tracefiles, reading with python
NSFNet
NSIS

O

OC-3
old duplicate packets
old duplicates, TCP, [1]
optimistic DAD
opus
OSI
overhead, ns-2

P

packet loss rate
packet pairs
packet size
Parekh-Gallager claim
Parekh-Gallager theorem
parking-lot topology
partial ACKs
passive close, TCP
password sniffing, [1]
path attributes, BGP
path bandwidth
Path MTU Discovery, [1]
path MTU discovery, TCP
PATH packet, RSVP
PAWS, TCP
PCF Wi-Fi
peer, BGP
per-hop behaviors, DiffServ
persist timer, TCP
persistence
phase effects, TCP
PHBs, DiffServ
physical address, Ethernet
physical layer
PIFS, Wi-Fi
PIM-SM
ping
ping6
pipe drain
pipelining, SMTP
playback buffer
point-to-point protocol
poison reverse
policing
policy routing, [1]
polling mode, Wi-Fi
polling, TCP
port exhaustion, TCP
port numbers, UDP
Port Unreachable
potatoes, hot
PPP
PPPoE
prefix information, IPv6
presentation layer
presidents
priority for small packets, WFQ
priority queuing, [1]
priority queuing and AF
privacy extensions, SLAAC
private IPv4 address
private IPv6 address
promiscuous mode
propagation delay
proportional fairness
protection against wrapped segments, TCP
protocol graph
protocol-independent multicast
provider, BGP
provider-based routing
proxy ARP
PSH
pulse stuffing, TDM
push, TCP
python tracefile script, [1], [2], [3]
python, reading ns-2 tracefiles

Q

QoS
quality of service, [1], [2]
quantum algorithm, fair queuing
queue capacity, typical
queue overflow
queue utilization, token bucket
queue-competition rule
queuing delay
queuing discipline
queuing, priority
QUIC
quiet time on startup, TCP

R

RADIUS
radvd
random drop
Random Early Detection
ranging intervals, WiMAX
ranging, WiMAX
rate control, Wi-Fi
rate scaling, Wi-Fi
rate-adaptive traffic
Real-Time Protocol
real-time traffic, [1]
Real-time Transport Protocol
reassembly
reboots
Record Route
RED
reliable
reliable flooding
Remote Procedure Call
rendezvous point, multicast
Reno, [1]
repeater, Ethernet
request for comment
request-to-send, Wi-Fi
request/reply, [1]
reservations
reset, TCP
RESV packet, RSVP
retransmit-on-duplicate
retransmit-on-timeout
RFC
RFC 1122, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
RFC 1123
RFC 1323
RFC 1350, [1], [2], [3]
RFC 1518
RFC 1519
RFC 1550
RFC 1644
RFC 1661
RFC 1700
RFC 1812
RFC 1831
RFC 1854
RFC 1948
RFC 2001
RFC 2003
RFC 2026
RFC 2119
RFC 2131
RFC 2136
RFC 2362
RFC 2386
RFC 2453
RFC 2460, [1]
RFC 2461
RFC 2464
RFC 2474
RFC 2481, [1], [2]
RFC 2581, [1]
RFC 2582
RFC 2597, [1], [2], [3]
RFC 2675
RFC 2766
RFC 2865
RFC 3168
RFC 3246, [1]
RFC 3261, [1]
RFC 3448
RFC 3465
RFC 3513
RFC 3550, [1]
RFC 3551, [1], [2]
RFC 3561
RFC 3649
RFC 3748
RFC 3879
RFC 4080
RFC 4193
RFC 4271, [1]
RFC 4291, [1]
RFC 4294
RFC 4380
RFC 4429
RFC 4443
RFC 4451
RFC 4566
RFC 4620
RFC 4681
RFC 4861
RFC 4862, [1], [2]
RFC 4941, [1]
RFC 4961
RFC 5227
RFC 5247
RFC 5348
RFC 5944
RFC 5974
RFC 6057, [1]
RFC 6106
RFC 6298
RFC 6472
RFC 6633, [1]
RFC 6724, [1]
RFC 783, [1]
RFC 791, [1]
RFC 793, [1], [2]
RFC 896, [1]
RFC 917
RFC 950, [1]
RFC 970
RFC 988
roaming, Wi-Fi
round-trip time
router
router advertisement, IPv6
router discovery, IPv6
router solicitation, IPv6
routerless IPv6 examples
routing and addressing
routing domain, [1], [2]
routing header, IPv6
routing loop, [1]
routing loop, ephemeral
routing policy database
routing update algorithms
routing, IP
RPC
RST
RSVP, [1]
RTCP
RTCP measurement of
RTO, TCP
RTP, [1]
RTP and VoIP
RTP mixer
RTS, Wi-Fi
RTT
RTT bias in TCP
RTT inflation
RTT-noLoad

S

SACK TCP
SACK TCP in ns-2
satellite Internet
satellite-link TCP problem
sawtooth, TCP, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
scalable routing
scheduled transmission, WiMAX
segment
segmentation
segments, TCP
Selective ACKs, TCP
self-ARP
self-clocking
sequence number, TCP
serialization, RPC
session layer
shaping
Shortest-Path First algorithm
SHOULD
sibling, BGP
SIFS, Wi-Fi
signaling losses
simplex talk, UDP
simplex-talk, TCP
simultaneous open, TCP
single link-state
singlebell network topology
site-local IPv6 address
size, packet
SLAAC, [1]
SLAAC privacy extensions
sliding windows, [1]
sliding windows, TCP
slot time, Wi-Fi
slow convergence
small-packet priority, WFQ
socket
socket address
soft state
SONET
Sorcerer's Apprentice bug
Source Quench, [1]
source-specific multicast tree
spanning-tree algorithm
sparse-mode multicast
spatial streams, Wi-Fi
speex
split horizon
SSID, Wi-Fi
SSRC
state diagram, TCP
stateless autoconfiguration
stateless forwarding
STM-1
stochastic fair queuing
stop-and-wait transport
stop-and-wait, TFTP
store-and-forward
store-and-forward delay
stream-oriented
streaming video
STS-1
STS-3
subnet mask
subnets
subnets, IPv6
subqueue
subscription, multicast
Sun RPC
supplicant, WPA
switch
switch fabrics
symbol, data, [1]
SYN
synchronization source, RTP
synchronized loss hypothesis, TCP
synchronized loss, TCP, [1], [2]

T

T/TCP
T1 line
T3 line
Tahoe, [1]
tail drop
TCP, [1]
TCP accelerated open
TCP checksum offloading
TCP Cubic
TCP fairness, [1]
TCP Fast Open
TCP Friendliness
TCP Hamilton
TCP header
TCP Hybla
TCP Illinois
TCP NewReno
TCP NewReno in ns-2
TCP old duplicates
TCP Reno, [1]
TCP sawtooth, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
TCP state diagram
TCP Tahoe
TCP timeout interval
TCP Vegas
TCP Westwood
TCP Westwood+
TCP, Highspeed
TCP, SACK
TDM
Teredo tunneling
terrestrial wireless
TFTP
TFTP scenarios
thermonuclear
three-way handshake
three-way handshake, TCP
threshold slow start
throughput
Time to Live
time-division multiplexing
timeout and retransmission
timeout interval, TCP, [1]
TIMEWAIT, TCP
token bucket
token bucket queue utilization
token bus Ethernet
token ring
token-bucket applications
token-bucket, RSVP
topology
topology table, EIGRP
TP4
trace file, ns-2
tracefiles, ns-2, reading with python
traceroute
trading
traffic management
tragedy of the commons
Trango
transient queue peak
transit capacity
transit traffic, [1]
transmission, Ethernet
tree
triggered updates
Trivial File Transport Protocol
Tspec
TTL
tunneling, [1]
two implementations
Type of Service

U

UDP, [1]
UDP, for real-time traffic
unbounded slow start
unicast
unique-local IPv6 address
unlicensed spectrum
unnumbered IP interface
upgrades, network
uplink-map, WiMAX
URG
User Datagram Protocol

V

VCI
video, streaming
virtual circuit, [1], [2]
Virtual LANs
virtual link
virtual private network
virtual tributary
VLANs
voice over IP
VoIP
VoIP and RTP
VoIP bandwidth guarantees
voting
VPN

W

weighted fair queuing
WEP, Wi-Fi
Westwood, TCP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi fragmentation
Wi-Fi polling mode
WiMAX
window
window scale option, TCP
window size, [1]
Windows, [1], [2]
winsize
wireless
wireless, fixed
wireless, satellite
wireless, terrestrial
WireShark, TCP example
work-conserving queuing
WPA authenticator
WPA supplicant
WPA, Wi-Fi
WPA-Enterprise
WPA-Personal