Cellular Generations and Communications
Wireless phone standards have a life of their own. Anybody can tell, because they're spoken of reverently in terms of generations. There's great-granddad who's pioneering story pre-dates cellular, grandma and grandpa analog cellular, mom and dad digital cellular, 3G wireless just starting to make a place for itself in the world, and the new baby on the way, 4G.
Below is the demarcation for several specifications for these generations …….
Wireless phone standards have a life of their own. Anybody can tell, because they're spoken of reverently in terms of generations. There's great-granddad who's pioneering story pre-dates cellular, grandma and grandpa analog cellular, mom and dad digital cellular, 3G wireless just starting to make a place for itself in the world, and the new baby on the way, 4G.
Below is the demarcation for several specifications for these generations …….
GPRS : Generalized Packet Radio Service
UMTS : Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems
EDGE : Enhanced Data GSM Evolution
UMB : Ultra Mobile Broadband
LTE : Long Term Evolution
GSM : Global System for Mobile communication
CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access
TDMA : Time Division Multiple Access
WDMA : Wavelength division Multiple Access
OFDMA : Orthogonal frequency division Multiple Access
3GPP : 3rd Generation partnership project
UMTS : Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems
EDGE : Enhanced Data GSM Evolution
UMB : Ultra Mobile Broadband
LTE : Long Term Evolution
GSM : Global System for Mobile communication
CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access
TDMA : Time Division Multiple Access
WDMA : Wavelength division Multiple Access
OFDMA : Orthogonal frequency division Multiple Access
3GPP : 3rd Generation partnership project
1G Mobile Device
2G Mobile Device
3G Mobile Device
More on 3G in next posting.............…………………..
