GSM vs CDMA

Presented by Lt Cdr Aayush Verma

GSM vs CDMA
COMPARING THE TWO MOST PREVALENT MOBILE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES.

WHAT IS
GSM

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION BASED ON TDMA/FDMA STARTED IN 1982 IN EUROPE

WHAT IS
CDMA

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS BASED ON SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY STARTED IN 1996 IN NORTH AMERICA

GSM ARCHITECTURE

HOW CDMA WORKS

PROS AND CONS

GSM
USES SIM CARD OFFER INTERNATIONAL ROAMING

CDMA
CDMA PHONES ARE NOT CARD ENABLED CANNOT OFFER INTERNATIONAL ROAMING HIGHLY SECURE LOWER BATTERY LIFE OPERATES IN 450 MHZ BANDS GREATER COVERAGE AREA

EASILY CLONNABLE EXTENDED BATTERY LIFE OPERATES IN 900 OR 1800 MHz BANDS FIXED COVERAGE AREA(35KM)

LIMITED CHANNEL CAPACITY

HIGHER RADIATION IN GSM

HIGH SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY

LOWER EFFECT OF RADIATION

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

CRITICAL REVIEW

GSM IS RECOMMENDED IF YOU

USE MORE VOICE COMMUNICATION

HIGHER TALKTIME BETTER SOUND QUALITY

ARE HEAVILY MOBILIZED FROM ONE REGION TO OTHER

CONTD.

CDMA IS RECOMMENDED IF YOU

WORK MORE ON DATA COMMUNICATION MOBILISED ONLY IN CERTAIN REGION UNDER YOUR SERVICE PROVIDERS COVERAGE AREA

PREFER TO HAVE BETTER SECURITY

CONCLUSION

GSM AND CDMA ARE BOTH FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES HAVING SOME ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.

IT DEPENDS UPON THE SUBSCRIBERS CHOICE WHICH TECHNOLOGY BEST SUITES THEIR NEEDS