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LAND SURVEYING

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. This correction data allows Propagation and other effects to be corrected out of the position data obtained by the mobile stations, which gives greatly increased location precision and accuracy over the results obtained by uncorrected GPS receivers.


COMPUTER NETWORKING

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 .


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WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

In radio communications, a base station is a wireless communications station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of either:


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  Image:BaseStationsBlorgjpgTwo "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/GSM" class="copylinks">GSM Mobile Phone base station towers disguised as Trees in Dublin , Ireland
  Image:PalmCellTowerjpgA Base Station Disguised As A "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/palm_tree" class="copylinks">Palm Tree in Tucson , Arizona
  Image:base Station Mexico-cityJPGClose-up Of A Base Station Antenna In "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Mexico_City" class="copylinks">Mexico City , Mexico There are three antennas: each serves a 120-degree segment of the horizon The microwave dish links the site with the telephone network
  Image:idenJPGA Professional Rack-mount "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Integrated_Digital_Enhanced_Network" class="copylinks">IDEN Base Radio at a Cell Site
  Image:Trunked 5ch Central Controlsvg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Trunked_radio_system" class="copylinks">Trunked Systems have groups of base stations configured as Repeaters The center blocks with frequencies in this trunked Block Diagram each represent a base station