How big is a small cell?

In the 5G era, 5G small cells will enable the network to extend coverage and to deliver lower latency, and also serve more users while maintaining multi-gigabit performance.23 Ağu 2021

Defining macrocell, small cell and femtocell The U.S. currently has around 200,000 macrocells across the country, Finneran said. Small cell. A small cell is another type of cellular base station that is physically small — around the size of a pizza box — and transmits radio signals.

5G small cells are similar to 4G towers in form and function . Verizon is building thousands of additional 5G nodes to maximize and deliver 5G millimeter wave technology to our customers. Since 5G small cells are smaller than a traditional macro cell tower, they can exist more discreetly.