What is a cell phone base station?

Cell phone base stations may be free-standing towers or mounted on existing structures, such as buildings. Telecommunications companies often use space on building rooftops to communicate with mobile phones, digital cable, satellite radio, wireless laptops, and other wireless and cellular devices.

Where is cell site transmission equipment installed?

The cell site transmission equipment is installed in the lease area or compound area at the base of the tower and is connected to the antennas installed on the tower via coaxial or hybrid cables. Cell towers could be lattice or self-support towers, guyed towers, monopole towers, and concealed towers.

What is a cellular tower?

Cell towers are essentially radio relay stations installed due to the short range of cell phone transmitters and receivers. What is a Cell Site? A “cell site” is where antennas and electronic communication equipment are placed. Cell sites are usually on a radio mast, tower, or building creating a cellular network.

What are mobile tower drafting & antenna installation drawings?

Mobile Tower drafting and Cellular Antenna Installation Drawings are required for the hundreds or even thousands of cell sites in a network. Carriers and installation companies require these drawings for planning purposes. Antenna Installation Drawings can be for towers or for rooftops.

What is a GSM base station?

In GSM networks, the correct term is Base Transceiver Station and colloquial British English synonyms are “mobile phone mast” or “base station”. The term “base station site” might better reflect the increasing co-location of multiple mobile operators. Therefore, multiple base stations at a single site.