A mobile station comprises the physical mobile device and its associated subscriber identity module. In GSM and early cellular architectures, it represents the terminal endpoint that negotiates a radio link with the base station subsystem. It handles radio frequency processing, baseband modulation, and user interface functions to establish voice and data sessions.
Heard on the job
The base station controller is rejecting the attachment request because the mobile station failed authentication.
Also heard as
- MS
Do not mix it up with
- UE: Mobile station is the older GSM term, while UE (user equipment) is the equivalent term used in 3G, 4G, and 5G networks.