Mobile Glossary 2

Written on October 4, 2008 – 8:16 pm | by admin |

AMPS
Advanced Mobile Phone System: a 1G standard which operates in the 800-900MHz-frequency band. It is still widely used in the United States.
Analog
The simple way to transmit speech, which is translated into electronic signals of different frequency and/or amplitude. The first networks for mobile phones, as well as broadcast transmissions, were analog. Due to being longer [...]

generation systems

Written on October 4, 2008 – 8:12 pm | by admin |

1G
In mobile telephony, first-generation systems were analog, circuit-switched. Voice links were poor, handoff unreliable, capacity low, and security non-existent. 1G systems are not now under active development – indeed, in some areas 1G spectrum is being auctioned for 2G and 3G use.
2G
In mobile telephony, second-generation protocols use digital encoding and include GSM, D-AMPS (TDMA) and [...]

Mobile Glossary

Written on October 4, 2008 – 8:05 pm | by admin |

Mobile Glossary

Polyphonic ringtones
 
Today’s polyphonic ringtones are almost as good as the original recordings, the quality is better all the time through a continuous improvement in mobile audio technology. Most modern mobile phones with 16 tracks to play melodies. During the early mobile phones that play only monophonic tones are still around, it is only a [...]