Definition of microcell in English:
microcell
noun ˈmʌɪkrəʊsɛlˈmīkrōˌsel
A small mobile phone base station connected to the phone network via the Internet, typically used to improve mobile phone reception within a particular area.
to shift the burden on its network to the Internet, the company is selling microcells to its cellphone customers, to install in their homes
Example sentencesExamples
- This comes on top of in flight cellphone service, in which essentially a microcell is established inside the aircraft, and where your phone "roams" from your home network to that inside the plane.
- The microcell has allowed me to cut my land line down to local only.
- But microwave backhaul is now becoming essential for linking microcells, which cover just a block or two.
- I have the microcell and it is great.
- Recall, I live in an area with no usable signal, hence the microcell.