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Traffic channels. cdmaOne uses Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation <strong>for</strong><br />

transmitting the resulting signal over wireless medium.<br />

Uplink (Reverse) channels are of two types: access and traffic. There can be up to 32<br />

access channels on the uplink, each of which operates at 4800 bps. These channels are<br />

used by MSs to initiate calls and respond to paging messages. There can be up to 62 traffic<br />

channels on the uplink. These are used to carry user data. The encoded spread data stream<br />

is transmitted over the wireless medium via Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying<br />

(OQPSK) modulation. OQPSK provides more Forward Error Correction (FEC) than<br />

QPSK since MSs cannot coordinate their transmissions as efficiently as BSs.<br />

7. Comparison of GSM and CDMA<br />

Table given below shows the comparison of the most popular 2G Mobile standards.<br />

Feature GSM CDMA (IS-95)<br />

Technology<br />

Digital Circuit Switched<br />

technology based on<br />

TDMA<br />

Digital Circuit Switched technology based<br />

on Spread Spectrum<br />

Data Rate 9.6 ~ 14.4 Kbps 9.6~14.4 Kbps (IS-95A), 115 Kbps (IS-<br />

95B)<br />

Modulation GMSK QPSK , OQPSK<br />

Frequency and Carrier<br />

900 MHz or 1.9 GHz<br />

200 kHz<br />

800 MHz or 1.9 GHz<br />

1.25 MHz<br />

Voice Quality Good Good<br />

Coverage 35 km (max) 100 km (max)<br />

System Capacity Good Excellent<br />

Hand-off Hard Soft<br />

International Roaming Excellent Limited<br />

Battery Life of handset Excellent Good<br />

Handset Selection Wide choice Limited choice<br />

Major Countries Europe, India USA<br />

Cellular Subscribers 75% (1.36 Billion) 14% (250 Million)<br />

8. Future Mobile Systems<br />

2G systems are limited in terms of maximum data rate, which makes them practically<br />

useless <strong>for</strong> the increased requirements of future mobile applications. Third generation (3G)<br />

mobile and wireless networks aim to fulfill the demands of multimedia communication.<br />

3G standardization activities resulted in three main 3G standards with efficient support <strong>for</strong><br />

both voice and high bit-rate data services.<br />

• EDGE is a TDMA-based system that evolves from GSM and IS-136 and offers data<br />

rates up to 473 kbps.<br />

• Cdma2000 is a fully backwards-compatible descendant of IS-95 enabling smooth<br />

transition of a 2G IS-95 system to a 3G system and it supports data rates up to 2 Mbps.<br />

• WCDMA is a CDMA-based system that introduces a new 5-MHz wide channel<br />

structure. WCDMA is also capable of offering speeds up to 2 Mbps.<br />

The vision of 4G and future mobile systems aims at providing higher data rates and system<br />

interoperability.<br />

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