Table of Contents

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Foreword
Foreword
1 Introduction
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 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
Annex A (informative): Change History
History

Abstract

Provides 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. These components together form the Base Station System, BSS.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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Committee	3GPP GERAN 2