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In radio communications, a base station is a wireless communications station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of one of the following: • a push-to-talk two-way radio system, or;• a wireless telephone system such as cellular CDMA or GSM cell site.
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In radio communications, a base station is a wireless communications station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of one of the following: a wireless telephone system such as cellular CDMA or GSM cell site. Base stations use RF power amplifiers (radio-frequency power amplifiers) to transmit and receive signals.
In the area of wireless computer networking, a base station is 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. It typically consists of a low-power transmitter and wireless router.
In US licensing jargon, types of base stations include: A fixed station is a base station used in a system intended only to communicate with other base stations. A fixed station can also be radio link used to operate a distant base station by remote control.
In the context of external land surveying, a base station is a GPS receiver at an accurately-known fixed location which is used to derive correction information for nearby portable GPS receivers.
