Types of network modem

The "G" in wireless networks refers to the "generation" of the underlying wireless network
technology. Technically generations are defined as follows.

1G Network: - The first analog cellular systems, which started early 1980s. There were radio
telephone systems even before that. 1G network were conceived and designed purely for voice
calls with almost no consideration of data services (with the possible exception of built-in
modems in some headsets).

2G Networks: - The first digital cellular systems launched early 1990s, offering improved
sound quality, better security and higher total capacity. GSM supports circuit-switched data
(CSD), allowing users to place dial-up data calls digitally, so that the network's switching station
receives actual ones and zeroes rather than the screech of an analog modem.2G technologies
enable the various mobile phone network to provide the services such as text massages,
picture massage and MMS.

3G Network: -This is based on a set of standards used for mobile device and mobile
telecommunication use service and network that comply with the international mobile
telecommunication (IMT-200). 3G finds application in wireless voice telephony, mobile internet
access, fixed wireless internet access, video call and mobile TV. With provide information
transfer rate of at least 200 kbit/s.

4G Network: - The fourth generation of mobile phone communication standards. 4G system

must provide capabilities defined by (international telecommunication union) ITU in IMT
advanced. Potential and current applications include emended mobile web access, IP telephony,
gaming service, high-definition mobile TV, video conferencing and 3D television.

The document calls for 4G technologies to deliver downlink speeds of 1Gbps when stationary
and 100Mbps when mobile, roughly 500-fold and 250-fold increase over IMT-2000 respectively.

E-Video

E-video is a convergence of technologies to efficiently deliver high quality video over IP

networks and has high speed, low latency, and low memory consumption. It can be embedded
into a variety of platform and supports a wide variety of applications from mobile to high
definition applications. E-video enables :-

 A variety of visual communication and video content delivery using IP networks, for
corporations, operators and content providers.
 Remote monitoring such as traffic control, surveillance, and security guards.
 A variety of products using video such as smart phones, tablets, and set-top-boxes.
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line broadband is the UK’s most popular form of internet connection.
ADSL broadband is a connection provided over home telephone lines. BT owns the UK's landline
infrastructure, so when you have an ADSL connection you need to rent your phone line from BT. If you
already have an existing phone line, the broadband is added onto the package.

ADSL provides a good quality, reliable connection. But if you live far away from your telephone
exchange, or if the cable has degraded, then speeds can drop dramatically.

 ADSL is the name given to a broadband connection which works through the copper
wires of your existing phone line.
 When ADSL broadband is installed a micro filter is plugged into your phone
connection. This separates the frequency of your phone line from that of your
broadband connection. That allows you to surf the web while chatting on the phone.

Dial-Up

Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched
telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by
dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line.

The maximum downstream (i.e., reception) speed for dial-up connections is 56Kbps (kilobits per
second), which is attainable using V.90 and V.92 modems. This contrasts with DSL which
typically has a maximum of 1.5Mbps and cable which can reach at least 6Mbps downstream and
768Kbps upstream.

 Advantages of Dial-Up
 That it is usually considerably cheaper.
 That it is available wherever a convention voice telephone line is available, whereas
broadband is generally available only in urbanized areas.

CDMA

CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access, which is a type of algorithm used in
telecommunications to squeeze more usable channels within the same bandwidth. A CDMA
modem is a wireless modem that works with CDMA networks. A wireless modem behaves like a
Hayes compatible dial-up modem. The main difference between a Hayes modem and a CDMA
modem is that a Hayes modem sends and receives data through a fixed standard telephone line
while a CDMA modem sends and receives data through radio waves. A CDMA modem can be
an external unit or PC Card. An external CDMA modem is connected to a PC through a serial
cable, a USB cable, Bluetooth or Infrared.
CDMA modems support an extended set of AT commands, but that not all CDMA modems
use the same commands for sending SMS! These extended AT commands are defined in the
CDMA standards.

With the extended AT commands, you can do things like:

 Read, write and delete SMS messages.

 Send SMS messages and read, write and search phone book entries.
 Monitor the signal strength and charge level of the battery.

WCDMA

Wideband CDMA is a 3G cellular technology that uses the CDMA air interface. WCDMA
works on WCDMA cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices with WCDMA modems.
Falling under both the UMTS and IMT-2000 umbrellas, WCDMA enables GSM carriers to
provide a higher data rate than the EDGE network. Supporting both voice and data, WCDMA
provides a modest speed increase, and many GSM operators jumped to HSPA for data, which is
also based on WCDMA, while keeping GSM for voice. See HSPA, UMTS and IMT-2000

The most major difference between CDMA and WCDMA is in the group of technology that it is
grouped with. CDMA is a 2G technology and is a direct competitor to GSM, which is the most
widely deployed technology. WCDMA is a 3G technology that is often used in tandem with
GSM to provide both 2G and 3G capabilities within the same area of coverage.

LEASED

A leased line is a service contract between a provider and a customer, whereby the provider
agrees to deliver a symmetric or at least bidirectional telecommunications line connecting two or
more locations in exchange for a monthly rent (hence the term lease).

A leased line connects two locations for private voice or data telecommunication service and
actually a reserved circuit between two points. Leased lines can span short or long distances.
They maintain a single open circuit at all times, as opposed to traditional telephone services that
reuse the same lines for many different conversations through a process called "switching."

Leased lines most commonly are rented by businesses to connect branch offices, because these
lines guarantee bandwidth for network traffic. So-called T1 leased lines are common and offer
the same data rate as symmetric DSL (1.544 Mbps). Individuals can theoretically also rent leased
lines for high-speed Internet access, but their high cost (often more than $1000 USD per month)
deters most.
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