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About Cellulars: Cellular Telephony (4209 words) |
 | Whenever a mobile unit is turned on, even when not placing a call, whenever there is power to the unit, it transmits its phone number and its 8-digit ID number. |
 | This 34 bit binary number is derived from the units telephone number, MIN1 is the last seven digits of the telephone number and MIN2 is the area code. |
 | Messages to mobile stations with the least significant bit of their MIN number equal to "0" are sent on stream A, and those with a "1" are sent on stream B. The busy-idle stream contains busy-idle bits, which are used to indicate the status of the reverse control channel. |
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 | A mobile first responds to a page on the reverse control channel of the cell it is in. |
 | The mobile identification number or MIN is your telephone's telephone number. |
 | A MIN is not your directory number since it is not long enough to include a country code. |