Basic service element
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In telecommunication
, a basic service element (BSE) is:
BSEs constitute optional capabilities to which the customer may subscribe or decline to subscribe.
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
, a basic service element (BSE) is:
- An optional unbundled feature, generally associated with the basic serving arrangementBasic serving arrangementIn telecommunication, the term basic serving arrangement has the following meanings:# The fundamental tariffed switching and transmission services that an operating company must provide to an enhanced service provider to connect with its customers through the company network.# In an...
(BSA), that an enhanced-service provider (ESP) may require or find useful in configuring an enhanced serviceEnhanced serviceEnhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; provides the...
. - A fundamental (basic) communication networkTelecommunications networkA telecommunications network is a collection of terminals, links and nodes which connect together to enable telecommunication between users of the terminals. Networks may use circuit switching or message switching. Each terminal in the network must have a unique address so messages or connections...
service; an optional network capability associated with a BSA.
BSEs constitute optional capabilities to which the customer may subscribe or decline to subscribe.