Manual Part 7

RBS 2000Glossary
BSCSim
Base Station Controller Simulator
BSS
Base Station System
GSM network logical unit comprising one BSC and
one or more BTSs.
BTS
Base Transceiver Station
GSM network unit operating on a set of radio frequency
channels in one cell.
burst A portion of digital information, the physical content, that
is transferred within the time interval of one time slot.
cabinet The physical housing of a base station
Cascade
connections
Connection of several cabinets by the PCM cable.
Similar to serial connection.
Cascading
Cascading
Connection of several cabinets by the PCM cable.
Similar to serial connection.
Cascade connections
CBCH
Cell Broadcast CHannel
This is a downlink only channel used by the GSM
defined SMSCB function.
CCCH
Common Control CHannel
Channel combining the following common control
channels:
PCH Paging CHannel
RACH Random Access CHannel
AGCH Access Grant CHannel
CCU
Climate Control Unit
CDU
Combining and Distribution Unit
CE
Conformité Européenne
cell An area of radio coverage identified by the GSM
network by means of the cell identity.
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