<hairydog@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> Eight traffic timeslots per channel. There can be many channels in a
> cell sector. (a BTS may have one or more sectors).

Of course there are many channels in a cell sector, but this does not change
the fact that a single channel will always have 8 physcial timeslots (even
half-rate cells operates on 8 physical timeslots per frame per channel,
expect in half-rate mode each "circuit" will transmit on every other frame).

In the infrasturture industry a BTS rack can normally accomdate several
radios (and hence several channels), but the term BTS is normally used to
discribe a single radio/channel hence leading to phrases like BTS2, BTS6
etc.

> OTOH, it is possible that not all 8 timeslots will be available in a
> coastal or very remote base.

You mean not used - the timeslots are always there in the basic structure
whether they are used or not.

> So it's unlikely there will be fewer than four slots per cell, and
> unlikely there will be more than 96.
>
> So "eight" is not always correct. But it's not a bad starting point.

No, you are technically incorrect, I am sorry there is always 8 timeslots
per channel, they may not all be used for voice or data, and some may be
used for broadcast or control channels, but the timeslot structure is always
8 per frame.