Base Station System (BSS)

The Base Station System (BSS) is responsible for all the radio related functions in the system, such as:
Radio communication with the mobile units
Handover of calls in progress between cells
Management of all radio network resources and cell configuration data.


A BSS consists of the following elements:

• One or more BTSs (base transceiver station)

• One BSC (base station controller)

• One TRAU (transcoding rate and adaptation unit).