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(Mobile Telephone Switching Office) the central switch that controls the entire operation of a cellular system. It is a sophisticated computer that monitors all cellular calls, keeps track of the location of all cellular equipped vehicles traveling in the system, interconnects calls with the local and long distance land line telephone companies, arranges hand-offs, keeps track of billing information etc. Every cellular system has one or more MTSOs or switches.
Mobile Telephone Switching Offices. A cellular CO, for use only within the cellular network. Interacts with cell sites. Modem - Modulator-demodulator. Converts digital signals to and from analog.
a sophisticated computer that controls all of the base stations in a particular area for the purpose of coordinating radio transmissions to and from wireless telephones
( obile elephone witching ffice) - Similar to a Central Office (CO), an MTSO provides switching services to wireless telephones.
mobile telephone switching office; the central office for the mobile switch, which houses the field monitoring and relay stations for switching calls from cell sites to wireline central offices (PSTN)
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. A U.S. term for the central switch that controls the entire operation of a cellular system. It is a sophisticated computer that monitors all cellular calls, keeps track of the location of all cellular-equipped vehicles traveling in the system area, arranges handoffs, keeps track of billing information, etc.
See Mobile Telephone Switching Office.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. Also called the switch, the MTSO is the link between the cellular phone and the landline phone system. The MTSO is the "brain" of the cellular system.
MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switching Office) connects the cellular network to the public switched telephone network.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office Central area where cell sites in a market are connected for the purpose of connecting, billing, tracking of mobile phone calls as a whole whithin an assigned area.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. The facility which houses the central computer that connects a cellular phone call to the world landline network or to the rest of the cellular system. The MTSO controls the entire system's operations, including the tracking of calls, billing and call hand-offs from one cell site to the next.
The central computer that connects a wireless phone call to the public telephone network. The MTSO controls the entire system's operations, including monitoring calls, billing and handoffs.
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The central computer that connects wireless phone calls to the public telephone network. The MTSO controls the series of operations required to complete wireless calls, including verifying calls, billing and antenna handoffs.
(Mobile Telephone Switching Office) - Similar to a Central Office (CO), an MTSO provides switching services to wireless telephones.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. Used by cellular carriers to route and receive customer calls. May be interconnected to the LEC or directly to an interexchange carrier's (IXC) network.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. An out-of-fashion synonym for Mobile Switching Center.
A Mobile Telephone Switching Office controls cellular base stations and handles phone connections to the public switched network.
MTSO stands for the Mobile Telephone Switching Office. The MTSO is where the entire cellular process takes place, from the tracking of cellular-equipped vehicles, arranging handoffs, keeping track of airtime, and so on. The MTSO uses sophisticated computer systems to track cellular systems.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. A central point to which base stations of cells in a cluster are connected to, either by landlines or microwave. MTSO is normally located in the central cell of a cluster and is generally connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
An office housing switches and computers to which all cell sites in an area are connected for the purpose of eventual connection to the PSTN. The MTSO handles the connection, tracking, status and billing of all wireless call activity in an assigned area.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. The local switching function that resides at the wireless or cellular service provider's office, and interconnects the wireless access lines into the pubic switched network.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. A generic name for the main cellular switching center which supports multiple base stations.
A component in the cellular radio system that links the base transceiver stations with the terrestrial local exchanges to complete calls over the PSTN.