| BAN |
A Body Area Network means wireless communication
between varios components attached to the body, such as data
spectacles, earphones, microphones and sensors for medical applications
and for work and leisure. |
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| Bandwidth |
Technical term for the capacity of a transmission
channel. Because capacity, or even maximum speed, is generally
dependent on the frequency range available, the 'bandwidth'
(i.e., the width of a frequency band) usually has the same meaning
as the maximum transmission speed available to a subscriber. |
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| Base station |
The central radio transmitter/receiver that maintains
communications with a mobile radiotelephone with a given range. |
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| Beauty contest |
A method used by national governments trying to
settle which operators should have a 3G license to the best
bidders. |
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| Bit |
Contraction of the term "BInary digiT." The smallest
unit of information a computer can process, representing one
of two states (usually indicated by "1" and "0"). |
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| Bluetooth |
A global initiative by Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia
and Toshiba to set a standard for cable-free connectivity between
mobile phones, mobile PCs, handheld computers and other peripherals.
It will use short-range radio links in the 2.gGHZ Instrumentation
Scientific and Medical (ISM) "free band". |
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| Bottleneck |
1) Capacity constraint that may limit traffic
carried on the network during peak load conditions.
2) In the US, part of the local loop which is monopolized is
known as a bottleneck, because only one carrier provides the
service. Thus it is a regulatory term and affects how prices
are regulated. |
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| BPS |
Bits per second - meaning data transmission speed,
the number of pieces of information transmitted per second. |
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| Broadband |
A classification of the information capacity or
bandwidth of a communication channel. Broadband is generally
taken to mean bandwidth higher than 2 Mbps. |
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| Broadcast |
The simultaneous transmission of data or voice
to a number of stations. |
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| BTS |
Base Tranceiver Station. Technical term for a
mobile phone base station. A BTS contains the transmit and receive
technology and also the aerials to supply a radio cell. Several
BTSs are administered by a BSC (Base Station Controller), which
is in turn under an MSC (Mobile Switching Center). Existing
BSCs and BTSs can be extended for new radio technology to allow
the network operator to reuse existing aerial sites for UMTS
radio networks. |
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| Byte |
8 bits of data, also called an octet. |
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