Glossary
AT
Alphanumeric Terminal
ATRU
Adaptive Transceiver Unit
ATSR
Air Time Slot Resource
AU
Antenna Unit
GSM 900 = CEU + Passive Antenna
GSM 1800/1900 = AAU
BALUN
BALance and UNbalance transformer
Batt
Battery
BB
Battery Box
BBS
Battery Back-up Stand
BCCH
Broadcast Control CHannel
Downlink only broadcast channel for
broadcast of general information at a base
station, on a base station basis.
BCS
Block Check Sequence
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 injector
Injects DC power in the coaxial cable to
feed the TMA. Isolates the DC power
from the RF signal fed to the CDU.
Bm
Denotes a full rate traffic 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
470 (485)
EN/LZT 720 0008
P2A
2001-11-28
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