base station

Definitions

Computing

• noun a fixed radio transmitter/receiver that relays radio signals to and from data terminals or radios

Electronics

• In a land-mobile system, a land station that maintains communications with land-mobile stations. A base station may also communicate with other base stations.
• In a land-mobile system, a fixed-location station which communicates with mobile stations.
• A site which has the necessary transmission and reception equipment to provide cellular phone coverage in a given geographical area. All incoming and outgoing calls within this zone are handled by this station. The area served by a given base station is called a cell (6). Also called cell site.

Nearby terms

• bar chart
• baron
• barrel
• barrier to entry
• base
• base station
• baseline
• basket
• bass
• bat
• bath

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4 definitions in 2 contexts
• Computing
• Electronics