Product Description

nanoBTS Product Description Introduction

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview

This product description gives the technical specification of the 165 and 139/140 series

nanoBTSs from ip.access. It describes the basic properties and functionality of the

hardware and software. It includes information on the management model supported by

the BTS. It does not go into detail on GSM service support beyond the most basic. This is

described in the range of Feature Description documents also available from ip.access.

1.2 Related Information

[GSM05.05] 3GPP TS05.05; Technical Specification Group GSM/EDGE; Radio

Access Network; Radio transmission and reception (Release 1999)

[GSM05.08] 3GPP TS05.08; Technical Specification Group GSM/EDGE; Radio

Access Network; Radio Subsystem Link Control (Release 1999)

[REF_110] nanoGSM BSS MIB Definition (NGSM_REF_110)

[INST_300] nanoBTS Installation Manual (NGSM_INST_300)

[NGSM_SOC] nanoGSM Statements of Compliance, ip.access

[NGSM_APR] nanoGSM Approvals, ip.access

1.3 Terminology

AMR Adaptive Multi-Rate

ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

AWG American Wire Gauge

BA list Basestation Allocation

Backhaul

processor

Synonym for PPC in this document

BHCA Busy-Hour Call Attempts

BSC Basestation Controller

BSIC Basestation Identity Code

BTS Base Transceiver Station

CA List Channel Allocation

CBCH Cell Broadcast Channel

CCCH Common Control Channel

CEM Contract Electronics Manufacturer

CGI Cell Global Identity

Codec Coder-Decoder