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FOSS in the Mobile World
GSM Base Transceiver Station

BTS
As the name indicates "transceiver"
Handles 
Layer 1 and some parts of RF layer2 
Modulation/Demodulation
Time Multiplex, scheduling of frames
Is not a "Base Station", i.e. not self-contained
True 'slave' to the BSC