Reference Manual

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Glossary
BCCH Broadcast Control CHannel
Downlink only broadcast channel for
broadcast of general information at a base
station, on a base station basis.
BDM Battery Distribution Module
The BDM is an IDM with a battery and a
local processor.
BER Bit Error Rate
BFU Battery Fuse Unit
BIAS-IC BIAS Injector
Bm Denotes a full rate trafc channel
BPC Basic Physical Channel
Denotes the air interface transport vehicle
formed by repetition of one time slot on
one or more radio frequency channels.
BS Base Station
BSC Base Station Controller
GSM network node for control of one or
more BTSs.
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
CBCH Cell Broadcast CHannel
This is a downlink only channel used by
the GSM dened SMSCB function.
CCCH Common Control CHannel
Channel combining the following common
control channels:
408 (421)
EN/LZT 720 0008 R1A
2001-06-26
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