Table of Contents

Foreword
0 Scope
0.1 Normative references
0.2 Abbreviations
1 A-Interface capabilities
2 A-Interface specification objectives
3 A-Interface characteristics
4 Other specifications on the MSC-BSS interface
  4.1 GSM 08.02 Interface Principles
  4.2 GSM 08.04 Layer 1 - Specification
  4.3 GSM 08.06 Signalling Transport
      Mechanism - Specification
  4.4 GSM 08.08 Layer 3 Specification
  4.5 GSM 08.20 Rate adaption on the BSS-MSC interface
History

Abstract

Gives an introduction to the GSM 08.0X series of Technical Specifications and deals with the definition of the Base Station System (BSS) to Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) (referred to as the A-interface) defined for the GSM system.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Pages
ISBN
Committee	SMG 3