... wide-areaaccess technologies a fourth-generation (4G) of wide-area wireless networks—arealready being deployed. LTE ( for “Long-Term Evolution” a candidate for BadAcronym of the Year Award) has ... segments the data and adds header bytes to each segment. The resulting pack-ages of information, known as packets in the jargon of computer networks, are thensent through the network to the destination ... CHAPTER 1 • COMPUTER NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET Section 1.3.1). On the customer side, a splitter separates the data and telephone sig-nals arriving to the home and forwards the data signal to the DSL...