Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

eNodeB

Definition:

Evolved Node B. The only mandatory node in the radio access network (RAN) of LTE.

SGSN

Serving GPRS Support Node.

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PVC

Private Virtual Circuit. A connection that is permanently established between two or more nodes in the frame relay and asynchronous transfer mode...

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Hand-off

The process by which the Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO) passes a cellular phone conversation from one radio frequency in one cell to...

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Rate Center

The geographic area used by a local exchange carrier to set rate boundaries for billing and issuing phone numbers.

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