macrocell

macrocell definition - telecom
In radio systems, an imprecise term referring to a relatively large area of coverage, perhaps an entire metropolitan area of 50 miles in diameter. A macrocell is larger than a microcell and much larger than a picocell. See also cell, microcell, and picocell.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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