(1) A holder (see
cradle).
(2) In general, a transmitter and receiver of electronic signals.
(3) An earth-bound transceiver station for wireless transmission to a communications satellite. See
earth station and
transceiver.
(4) A transceiver for wireless transmission to cellular phones and devices. In 2G GSM systems, the base station was a "base transceiver station" (BTS). In 3G and LTE (4G) networks, base stations are known as "Node B" and "Evolved Node B" (eNB) stations respectively. For 5G systems, the base station is a gNodeB (gNB). See
3G,
LTE and
transceiver.
(5) A transceiver station for a wireless local area network (WLAN). A Wi-Fi base station is an "access point." See
access point,
transceiver and
wireless LAN.