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base station
(1) An earth-based transmitting/receiving station for cellular phones, paging services and other wireless transmission systems. See earth station. (2) A transmitting/receiving station in a...
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Definition: base station
(1) An earth-based transmitting/receiving station for cellular phones, paging services and other wireless transmission systems. See earth station.
(2) A transmitting/receiving station in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that is fixed in location. Base station is a generic name for "access point." See wireless LAN.
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