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laforge, 02/19/2016 10:47 PM
add note about what a BTS is
1 | 1 | 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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3 | It contains one or more [wiki:TRX] entities. |
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4 | 2 | laforge | |
5 | 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. [wiki:OpenBSC] is a Free software program attempting to do that. |