GSM Architecture Mobile Station SIM: Subscribe Identity Module Mobile Equipment (ME) Base station Subsystem Mobile station (MS) Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Base Station Controllers (BSC) Network Switching Subsystem (NSS) Mobile Switching Center (MSC) Home Location Register (HLR) Visitor Location Register (VLR) Authentication center (AUC) Operation Support Subsystem Operation Maintenance Centers AMPS Satellite Categoriesa and Satellite Orbits Altitude