In
telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
, a basic service element (BSE) is:
# An optional unbundled feature, generally associated with the
basic serving arrangement
In telecommunication, the term basic serving arrangement (BSA) has the following meanings:
# The fundamental tariffed switching and transmission (and other) services that an operating company must provide to an enhanced service provider (ESP) ...
(BSA), that an enhanced-service provider (ESP) may require or find useful in configuring an
enhanced service.
# A fundamental (basic) communication
network
Network, networking and networked may refer to:
Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics
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service; an optional network capability associated with a BSA.
BSEs constitute optional capabilities to which the customer may subscribe or decline to subscribe.
References
Basic service elementat
Telecommunications Industry Association
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to develop voluntary, consensus-based industry standards for a wide variety of Information and Communication Technologies (Inform ...
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Telecommunication services
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