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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def properties(self):
 """Return the base station info."""

        resource = "basestation"
        basestn_event = self.publish_and_get_event(resource)
        if basestn_event:
            return basestn_event.get('properties')

        return None