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Base Station Controller

Vangie Beal
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Abbreviated as BSC, the base station controller is a combination of device and software used by a base station. The device enables the base station to register mobile phones in the cell (a geographic area) to perform handoff, call setup and call termination.

Vangie Beal
Vangie Beal is a freelance business and technology writer covering Internet technologies and online business since the late '90s.

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