Definition of "macrocell" []

• The largest, and most powerful type of mobile phone cell (noun)

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• "A picocell in turn is smaller than a macrocell, one of the large outdoor towers that form the backbone of mobile architecture."
• "We expect a dozen or so of these carrier-class small cells to accompany each macrocell deployment, said Will Strauss, Principal Analyst at Forward Concepts."
• "Solving the mobile broadband capacity crunch and delivering 4G data throughput in a cost effective manner makes it essential to augment the macrocell network with a very large number of small cell base stations."