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In personal communications systems (cellular mobile phone systems) a cell is the geographic area served by a single base station. Cells are arranged so that base-station frequencies can be reused between cells.
     In asychronous transfer mode (ATM) networks, a cell is a packet of data.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Cell include: 
 
  • cellular radio
  • asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
  • Broadband integrated services digital network (BISDN)
  • Cell relay
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  • Virtual circuit (VC)
  • Available Bit Rate (ABR)
  • ATM adaptation layer (AAL)
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  • Unconstrained Bit Rate (UBR)
  • Constant Bit Rate (CBR)
  • Variable Bit Rate (VBR)

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