A cell site, cell phone tower, cell base tower, or cellular base station is a -enabled site where and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adjacent cells, in a . The raised structure typically supports antennae and one or more sets of transmitter/receivers
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A BTS is usually composed of: Transceiver (TRX) Provides transmission and reception of signals. It also does sending and reception of signals to and from higher network entities (like the base station controller in mobile telephony). This can be separated into a dedicated device known as a Remote radio head (RRH). Power amplifier (PA) Amplifies the signal from TRX for transmission through antenna; may be in.
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Base station (or base radio station, BS) is – according to the International Telecommunication Union 's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR) [1] – a " land station in the land mobile service. " A base station is called node B in 3G, eNB in LTE (4G), and gNB in 5G. It usually connects the device to other networks or devices through a dedicated high bandwidth wire of fiber optic connection.
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