Table of Contents

Foreword
1 Introduction
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Normative references
2 Definitions and abbreviations
  2.1 Base Station System, BSS
  2.2 Base Station Controller, BSC
  2.3 Base Transceiver Station, BTS
  2.4 Cell
  2.5 Transceiver, TRX
  2.6 Base Control Function, BCF
3 General
4 Functional division between BSC and BTS
  4.1 General
  4.2 Terrestrial channel management
  4.3 Radio channel management
5 Transcoding/rate adaption and multiplexing
  5.1 Transcoding/rate adaption in BTS
  5.2 Transcoding/rate adaption outside BTS
6 Interface structures
  6.1 Communication channels
  6.2 Signalling links
  6.3 Signalling model
History

Abstract

Describes the principle basis for the rest of the specifications specifying the interface between the Base Station Controller, (BSC), and the Base Transceiver Station, (BTS), with its transceivers, (TRX).

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Pages
ISBN
Committee	SMG 3
Supersedes	PRETS 300 593 : MAY 94