Glossary - Motorola 880 Service Manual

Cellular Subscriber Sector

Glossary

Those marked ** are Motorola specific
abbreviations.
A
A Interface Interface between MSC and
BSS
A3 Authentication algorithm
A5 Stream cipher algorithm
A8 Ciphering key generating
algorithm
AB Access Burst
A-bis Interface between BSC and BTS
ACCH Associated Control CHannel
ACSE Association Control Service
Element
AGCH Access Grant CHannel
AOC Advice of charge
ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency
Channel Number
ARQ Automatic Request for
retransmission
ASIC Application Specific
Integrated Circuit
AUC Authentication Center
AUT(H) Authentication
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B
BA
BAIC
BAOC
BCC
BCCH
BCD
BCU
Bm
BN
BS
BSC
BSIC
BSS
BSSAP
BSSC
BSSMAP
BSSOMAP BSS Operation and
BSU
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BCCH Allocation
Barring of All Incoming Calls
Barring of all Outgoing Calls
Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
Color Code
Broadcast Control CHannel
Binary Coded Decimal
BTS Control Unit **
Full-rate traffic channel
Bit Number
Base Station
Base Station Controller
Base Transceiver Station
Identity Code
Base Station System
BSS Application Part (DTAP
and BSSMAP)
Base Station System Control
Cabinet **
Base Station Systems
Management Application Part
Maintenance Application Part
Base Site Controller Unit **
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