BTS Clock State Free Oscillation

[Piscean21]

Dear Experts,
What does BTS clock state Free Oscillation mean?What is its impact on services?Should it be always running in locked mode?


Detailed answers would be appreciated.

[deepak187]

There are three states of clock (sync)
1. Free Running mode :- when the BTS is not sync with any clock refrence.
2. Holdover mode :- When BTS is on internal clock
3. Locked Mode :- When BTS is in sync with external clock

Yah, it should always be running on the locked mode .