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WIRELESS COMMUNICATION STANDARD

Evolution from GSM/GPRS 2G to 3G

AMPS NMT

TDMA

WCDMA
GSM
GSM GPRS GSM GPRS EDGE

ETACS PDC

cdmaOne 1G
Analogue

cdma 2000 1x

cdma 2000 1xEV 3G


384 - 2 Mbps

2G
9.6 - 14.4 kbps

2.5 G
64-144 kbps

3 G+

ITU IMT 2000 compliant standards

Common Name

Bandwidth of data

Pre-4G upgrade

Channel

Description

Historical Area

TDMA Single Carrier (IMT-SC)

EDGE

EDGE Evolution

Disconti nued

TDMA

Evolutionary upgrade to GSM/GPRS

Worldwide, except Japan and South Korea

CDMA Multi Carrier (IMTMC)

CDMA2000

EV-DO

UMB

CDMA

Evolutionary upgrade to cdmaOne

Americas, Asia, some others

CDMA Direct Spread (IMT-DS)

UMTS

W-CDMA TD-CDMA

HSPA

LTE

Family of revolutionary upgrades to earlier GSM family

worldwide Europe China

CDMA TDD (IMT-TC) FDMA/TDMA (IMT-FT)

TD-SCDMA

DECT

NONE

FDMA/T DMA

Short range;standar d for cordless phone

Europe, US

IP-OFDMA

WiMAX(IEEE 802.16)

OFDMA

worldwide

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