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unusual facts about Base Station Controller



Mobile Telephone Switching Office

As a mob unit engaged in a call moves away from a cell site or formally known as Base transceiver station and its signal weakens, the BSC(GSM) or RNC(3G UMTS) will automatically instruct it to tune to a different frequency, one assigned to the newly entered BTS.


see also

SMLC

The SMLC is a network element in GSM Networks that resides in the BSC (Base Station Controller) which calculates network-based location of mobile stations (handsets).

TDMoIP

In GSM cellular networks, the Abis channel that connects the Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and Base Station Controller (BSC) is an E1 link with several framing alternatives, all of which have a basic superframe duration of 20 milliseconds.