单词 | picocell |
释义 | picocelln. Telecommunications. Originally: a very small area of cellular network coverage, typically encompassing a single office or home; (later chiefly) a very small cellular base station for providing such coverage, typically used to improve mobile phone reception indoors. Cf. cell n.1 21.A picocell is typically considered to be smaller than a microcell. ΚΠ 1989 IEEE Communications Mag. July 27/1 As the name implies, a picocell is a very small area or volume that might encompass an office, a house and its immediate environment. 1998 CIO 15 July 67/1 The system uses low-power picocells..throughout the building. 2008 D. Briere et al. Wireless Home Networking for Dummies (ed. 3) xiii. 254/1 An even tinier version of the picocells that many cell phone companies use to improve their coverage inside shopping malls and convention centers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1989 |
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