Roaming

How it is used

Mobile operators sign roaming agreements and charge roaming fees, and customers turn data roaming on or off. Wi-Fi engineers tune roaming so that phones and laptops switch smoothly to a closer access point as people walk around a building.

Example sentences

1. Turn off data roaming before you land, or the bill could be very high.

2. Calls drop when people walk to the warehouse, so we need to look at Wi-Fi roaming.

Common collocations

• data roaming
• roaming agreement
• roaming charges
• international roaming
• seamless roaming

Related terms

• handoverThe process of moving an active call or data session from one cell or base station to another as the user moves, without the connection dropping.
• access pointA device, usually mounted on a ceiling or wall, that sends and receives Wi-Fi signals and connects wireless devices to the wired network.
• carrierA telecommunications company that owns or operates a network and carries voice and data traffic for customers or for other operators.
• Wi-FiThe common name for wireless local networks based on the IEEE 802.11 standards, which connect devices to a network by radio, mainly in the 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz bands.
• base stationThe radio equipment and antennas, usually on a mast or rooftop, that connect mobile phones and other devices in a particular area to an operator's mobile network.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• roaming · Software Engineering

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