Telephonics Wireless Corporation 8504HI0001000 Manuel D’Utilisation
1.1.5 List Of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Terminology and abbreviations used in this document are listed below:
AMSL
Above Mean Sea Level
ARFCN
Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
BCCH
Broadcast Control CHannel
BCH Broadcast
CHannel
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol (defined in RFC 951)
BSC
Base Station Controller, a network element that controls the BTSs
BTS
Base Transceiver Station, the network element that provides radio
communications capabilities.
communications capabilities.
C (temperature)
Centigrade
dB decibels
E1
A digital trunk specification for 2048 kbps communication links used
outside of North America
outside of North America
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute, the standards body
responsible for GSM standards
responsible for GSM standards
GPS
Global Positioning Satellite
GSM
Global System for Mobile communications
HO HandOver
ID IDentification
(number)
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LMT
Local Maintenance Terminal
MCC
Mobile Country Code
MHz
Mega (million) hertz
MNC
Mobile Network Code
MS
Mobile Station, the “cellular telephone”
MSC
Mobile Switching Center, a network element providing call completion
and interconnection
and interconnection
nBTS
nanoBTS, a subsystem of the nanoCell
nMS
nanoMS, a subsystem of the nanoCell
nTAP
acronym for a device which gathers encryption data from the A Link
PAGCH
Paging and Access Grant CHannel
P
Power – used in the C1 computation
PDN
Public Data Network
PLMN
Public Land Mobile Network-the identity of the serving cellular carrier
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