Installation Manual

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Product Glossary glossary-11
Millimeter Wave (MMW)
The frequency range between 30 and 300 GHz.
MMIC
See Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC).
MMW
See Millimeter Wave (MMW).
modem
MOdulator, DEModulator. A device that converts between analog and digital
signaling.
modulation
Act of encoding information onto a carrier signal.
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC)
Integrated circuit technology that provides two-watt linear power at the Tx
port of the RF power amplifier.
multi-mode fiber
Optical fiber designed to carry multiple carrier signals concurrently, each at a
slightly different reflection angle within core of the optical fiber. See also
single-mode fiber.
multiplexer
Device that aggregates traffic into a single medium.
N
NE
See Network Element (NE).
near-end IFU
a) IFU at the location being evaluated.
b) First IFU installed in a linked pair of IFUs.
See also far-end IFU.
net mask
A filter used to determine the portion of a network an IP address belongs to.
Using 208.206.40.131 as an example:
208.206 identifies the class B network
40.131 identifies a host on this network.
Network Element (NE)
Single piece of equipment in the network.