base station
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English
Noun
base station (plural base stations)
- (surveying) A GPS receiver at known fixed location, used to derive correction information for nearby portable GPS receivers.
- (computing, networking) A radio receiver/transmitter that serves as the hub of the local wireless network, and may also be the gateway between a wired network and the wireless network.
- 2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Wireless coverage leaves us hanging on our telephones”, in RAIL, number 965, page 42:
- Used from mobile network operators' (MNOs) usual base stations, these waves work well in open country, which gives passengers a decent service. But DfT's report says that MNO base stations are not optimised for railways.
- (radio) A radio transceiver permanently or semipermanently installed in a fixed location on land, typically used to communicate with mobile stations and/or other base stations
- Coordinate term: mobile station
Translations
networking
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