Glossary
Burst A portion of digital information, the
physical content, that is transferred within
the time interval of one time slot.
CAN Canada
Cabinet The physical housing of a base station.
Cascade connections Connection of several cabinets by the
PCM cable. Similar to serial connection.
-> Cascading
Cascading Connection of several cabinets by the
PCM cable. Similar to serial connection.
-> Cascade connections
CCCH Common Control CHannel
Channel combining the following common
control channels:
PCH Paging CHannel
RACH Random Access CHannel
AGCH Access Grant CHannel
CDU Combining Distribution Unit
Cell An area of radio coverage identified by
the GSM network by means of the cell
identity.
CF Central Functions
Channel The common term channel denotes the
virtual connection, consisting of physical
and logical channels between BSS and
MS, during a call in progress.
-> Logical Channel -> Physical Channel
Channel Combination A physical channel on an air interface
carries a defined set of logical channels.
Channel group A channel group is a group of dedicated
logical channels to a specific MS.
CM Common Mode
CME 20 Cellular Mobile Europe
—CME 20 Ericsson digital land mobile
telecommunication system based on the
GSM standards.
—CME 201 Ericsson GSM system
comprising Ericsson equipment only.
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EN/LZT 123 2697 R5A
1998-08-13
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