BTS » History » Version 3
laforge, 02/19/2016 10:48 PM
add note about what a BTS is
| 1 | 3 | laforge | *Base Transceiver Station* (*BTS*) is the equipment in the GSM network which facilitates the wireless communication between mobile equipment (ME) such as cellphones and the network. |
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| 2 | 1 | laforge | |
| 3 | 3 | laforge | It contains one or more [[TRX]] entities. |
| 4 | 2 | laforge | |
| 5 | 3 | laforge | Please note that *a BTS is _NOT_ an autonomous base station*. It is only one element in a GSM network. You still need a BSC, MSC and HLR/VLR to run a minimal GSM network. [[OpenBSC]] is a Free software program attempting to do that. |
