Base Stations and Energy Levels

Mobile communications work by using low power radio waves to carry speech and data. When data is transferred, the signal passes across a network of linked cell sites (hence the word “cell phone”). Base stations are often referred to as towers or cell sites, but they are literally the equipment that houses the radio transmitters and receivers that carry the signal to wireless carriers. Base stations transmit signals from one cell site to the next. Antennas are typically placed high above the ground (on towers or other tall structures) to transmit and receive signals between cell sites.