Product/Service
Soneplex PCS System Collocated in the BTS
Source: ADC Canada
The Personal Communication Services (PCS) network is a digital network that has the same basic components and
The Personal Communication Services (PCS) network is a digital network that has the same basic components and standards as cellular networks. A PCS network consists of a mobile switching center, base station transceivers or cell sites, and base station control-lers connected to a network service provider.
The mobile switching center typically handles 100,000 subscribers. It connects the radio network to the service provider's telephone network. The base station controller handles link handoffs, acts as an administrator for the location register and concentrates and routes the traffic from several cell sites to the mobile switching center.
The cell site radio equipment requires one or two DS1 circuits connected to the local exchange carrier's network by optical fiber, T1 or High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL). The cell site equipment is located in the last link of the PCS network and is usually owned by the local exchange carrier (LEC).
