1.2. Terms
The following terms are used throughout this document. We have provided and explanation of these for your reference.
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| Field. Contents between ‘<’ and ‘>’ indicate the name of the field or the | ||
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| <del> | Delimiter/Space. Insert a space. |
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| Communications | command set interface between | data terminal |
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| Base Station. Primarily a mobile phone tower in the carrier’s domestic | ||
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| public cellular phone network used as the network end point for | ||
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| term may refer to a cell, a sector within a cell, an MSC, an IWF, or | ||
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| other part of the cellular system. |
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| BSC | Base Station Controller. |
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| Same as MT2. |
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| DTE |
| Same as TE2 |
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| IWF |
| terminal equipment connected to a mobile termination to | ||
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| Mobile Station. |
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| A cellular device [e.g. this modem or a mobile phone handset] in the | ||
| Mobile Station |
| carrier’s domestic public cellular phone network intended to be used | ||
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| Mobile stations may include fixed, portable (e.g., | ||
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| MSC |
| Mobile Switching Centre |
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| at the Mobile Station. |
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| MT2 |
| Mobile Termination 2An MT2 provides a | ||
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| e.g., CCITT V series or CCITT X series. Same at DCE. Refers to the | |||
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| modem. |
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| NVM |
| Non Volatile Memory. User changeable and is written at time of change | ||
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| or entry to a separate section of memory unaffected by power cycles. | |||
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| The setting value is available in all profiles. |
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