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Glossary

Explore our library of thousands of telecoms terms and acronyms defined for on-the-job reference or learning new material.

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BS

Base Station (Generic)

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BSA

Basic Service Area

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BSC

Base Station Controller

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BSC

Base Station Controller (3GPP2)

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BSF

Binding Support Function

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BSIC

Base Station Identity Code

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BSICNCELL

BSIC of an adjacent cell

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BSR

Buffer Status Report

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BSS

Basic Service Set

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BSS

Base Station System

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BSS

Business Support Systems

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BSSAP

Base Station Subsystem Application Part

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BSSAP+

Base Station Subsystem Application Part +

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BSSAPLE

Base Station System Application Part LCS Extension

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BSSGP

BSS GPRS Protocol

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BSSGP

Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol

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BSSID

Basic Service Set Identifier

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BSSMAP

Base Station Subsystem Management Application Part

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BSSOMAP

Base Station System Operation and Maintenance Application Part

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BTS

Base Transceiver Station

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Burst

Burst

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Busy

Busy

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Busy Tone

Busy Tone

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