picocell

picocell definition - telecom
In radio systems, an imprecise, relative term referring to a very small area of coverage, perhaps comprising only a few city blocks, a tunnel, walkway, or single floor of a parking garage. A picocell is smaller than a microcell and much smaller than a macrocell. See also cell, femtocell, macrocell, and microcell.

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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