Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications, The

Glossary

1XMC (Multi-Carrier)

Also called 1XRTT, a narrowband CDMA system that offers data speeds of up to 384 kbps.

1Xtreme

Narrowband CDMA system promoted by Motorola and Nokia, offering data rates of up to 5.2 Mbps.

3G (third generation)

Generic name for mobile systems offering performance similar to an ISDN line, the first two generations being the existing analog and digital cellular networks respectively.

3XMC (Multi-Carrier)

Wideband CDMA system offering data rates of up to 4 Mbps.

802.11

IEEE committee responsible for setting wireless LAN standards.

Air Interface

The physical layer protocol used to send information over radio waves, including the multiplexing and modulation schemes.

AM (Amplitude Modulation) ...