Base station
Central unit of wireless telephone devices. There are two different
types: The simple base station is used to charge the handheld unit.
For special-feature telephones, the base station can also be used as
a telephone, the handheld unit is charged using separate charging
stations.
Basic Rate Interface
ISDN connection that includes two basic channels (B channels)
each with 64 kbps and one control and signalling channel (D chan-
nel) with 16 kbps. The two basic channels can be used independ-
ently of each other for each service offered in the T-ISDN. You can
therefore telephone and fax at the same time. T-Com offers the Ba-
sic Rate Interface as a point-to-multipoint or point-to-point connec-
tion.
Bit
Binary digit. Smallest unit of information in computer technology.
Signals are represented in the logical states "0" and "1".
Blacklist (dialling
ranges)
You can define a restriction on external dialling for individual sub-
scribers. The telephone numbers entered in the blacklist table can-
not be called by the terminals subject to dialling control, e.g. entry
0190 would block all connections to expensive service providers.
Block Cipher Modes
Block-based encryption algorithm
Blowfish
An algorithm developed by Bruce Schneier. It relates to a block
cipher with a block size of 64 bit and a key of variable length (up to
448 bits).
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a wireless transfer technology that can connect up dif-
ferent devices. Bluetooth replaces cables to connect various devices
e.g. Notebook, PC, PDA, etc. Thanks to Bluetooth, these devices
can exchange data with each other without a fixed connection. For
example, PCs, notebooks or a PDA can access the Internet or a loc-
al network. The appointments on a PDA can be synchronised with
the appointments on the PC without the need for a cable connec-
tion. Because of the many different application areas for the
Bluetooth technology, the different types of connections between the
devices are divided into profiles. A profile determines the service
(function) that the individual Bluetooth clients can use among each
other.
BOD
Bandwidth on Demand
BootP
Bootstrap protocol
Bps
Bits per second. A unit of measure for the transmission rate.
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