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UPS or Uninterruptible Power Supply has short battery lifetime, enough to shut down the device it is connected to.
Each cell of a lead storage battery consists of alternate plates made of a lead alloy grid filled with sponge lead (cathode plates) or coated with lead dioxide (anode). Batteries are typically made of six galvanic cells in a series circuit. Each cell provides 12 volts at full charge.
SIM or Subscriber’s Identity Module is an Integrated Circuit (IC) that is used to authenticate and identify a subscriber. Without a SIM card, a GSM phone cannot tap a mobile network and without this, calls cannot be made.
BSS or Base Station Subsystem provides a path between a mobile station and a mobile switching centre (MSC). It enables number of users to access a network concurrently. Each channel can support up to 8 users.
NSS is essentially a data network with many entities that provide the main control and interface for the whole mobile network. It helps to manage switching functions.
The two technologies, CDMA and GSM both handle data and calls in their own way. GSM operates in the form of a wedge spectrum, ie, the carrier will be divided into slots. Thus it can handle data and information at the same time.