 ATM Terminations, 293 BSC rehosting plan, 120 Atmospheric Fading, 239 BSS parameters classification, 155 Attenuation, 27, 40, 235-236, 240-241, 249, 256, BSS Protocol, 4, 8, 25, 74, 85-86, 130, 155, 391, Authentication Centre (AC), 5 BTS Antenna Gain, 36 Authentication Centre (AUC), 5 BTS hardware maintenance, 159 Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ), 162, 469 BTS power back-off, 35 Automation tools, 122 BTS Sensitivity, 30 Availability, 33, 64, 98, 113, 132, 147, 188, 247, Buffering, 173, 232, 276, 340 281-282, 285, 300-302, 347, 368, 440, 447 Burst Period, 25, 164 Availability Bit Rate (ABR), 231, 233 Burst Structure, 164 Average Antenna Height, 246 BVC flow control, 35 Average Power Decrease (APD), 163-165 Averaging, 74, 144, 371 C/I Ratio, 282 Cable Losses, 31 Background Class, 11 Call management (CM), 136 Backoff, 36, 163-164, 166-167 Call performance, 185 Base band hopping, 75, 116 Call phase signaling charts, 110, 130, 133, 137 Base Station (BS), 4, 8, 11, 32, 49, 54-55, 70, 80, Call phases, 130, 137, 139 294, 420, 430 Call Quality, 131, 149 Base Station Controller (BSC), 4, 106-107, Call setup failure (CSF), 107 120-121, 128, 132-133, 152, 155, 160, 175, Call Set-Up Success Rate, 17-18, 132, 181, 269, 281, 284-285, 289-292, 338-339, 448 Base Station Identity Code (BSIC), 76, 121, 150, Call Set-Up Time, 368, 371, 493 154-155 Call success rate (CSR), 132, 344 Base Station Subsystem (BSS), 4, 74, 85-86, 110, Call-Admission Control (CAC), 275 130, 140, 155, 270, 392, 407 Camping, 92, 148, 155 Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol Capacity, 2, 3, 10-13, 17-26, 29, 33-34, 46, (BSSGP), 85, 391 61-63, 65, 67, 69, 74, 79, 82-84, 86-87, 98, Base Transceiver Station (BTS), 4, 18, 30-33, 36, 103, 109, 121, 123, 126, 141-143, 5, 160, 179, 44, 46, 51-53, 74, 77, 126, 134, 145, 146, 155, 201, 205-206, 208, 215, 217, 222, 242, 261, 159-161, 268-269, 278-280, 285-287, 269, 272, 280-281, 299, 301, 312, 331, 336, 289-291, 444, 478 347, 375-376, 396-397, 426, 462 BCCH, 7, 61, 74-77, 79-80, 82-83, 88, 93-94, Capacity Analysis, 24 1