Unit 3

Generations of Mobile
Communication Technologies.
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 1G
• 1G offers 2.4 kbps
• introduced in 1980’s
• 1G is an analog technology
• poor battery life and voice quality was large
without much security
1G
 2G
• radio signals used by 1G network are analog,
while 2G networks are digital
• Introduced in 1991
• Main motive of this generation was to provide
secure and reliable communication channel
• implemented the concept of CDMA and GSM
• sms and mms services
• The max speed of 2G with General Packet Radio
Service ( GPRS ) is 50 Kbps or 1 Mbps
2G
2G
2.5G
 3G
• Web browsing, email, video downloading, picture
sharing and other Smartphone technology
• Introduced in 2001
• greater voice and data capacity, support a wider range
of applications
• increased data transmission at a lower cost
• UMTS as its core network architecture - Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System.
• The UN's International Telecommunications
Union IMT-2000 standard requires stationary speeds of
2Mbps and mobile speeds of 384kbps for a "true" 3G.
3G
 4G
• High Speed Technology
• high quality and high capacity
• Security improved.
• MIMO and OFDM Technology used.
• 4G Standards – WiMAX, LTE
• Max speed 1 Gbps.
• Backward compatibility – 4G phones can
communicate with 3G or 2G networks.
•
 5G Features
• Faster
• Reliable
• Lower cost
• Multi – standard wireless system
• Ad-hoc Networking
• IEEE standard 802.11n
• OFDM
4G
4G
 5G
• Recently introduced technology, still under
development.
• Improved overall wireless coverage, device-to-
device communication, better battery
consumption.
• Faster data rates, higher connection density,
lower latency.
• Technology used – Massive MIMO
• Speed – 10GB/s with low latency
Comparison