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Wireless Communications Specifications

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Analog Cellular Telephones
Standard	AMPS/NAMPS Narrow Band Advanced Mobile Phone System	TACS Total Access Communication System	NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone
Mobile Frequency Range (MHz)	Rx: 869-894 Tx: 824-849	ETACS: Rx: 916-949 Tx: 871-904 NTACS: Rx: 860-870 Tx: 915-925	NMT-450: Rx: 463-468 Tx: 453-458 NMT-900: Rx: 935-960 Tx: 890-915
Multiple Access Method	FDMA	FDMA	FDMA
Duplex Method	FDD	FDD	FDD
Number of Channels	AMPS: 832 NAMPS: 2496	ETACS: 1240 NTACS: 400	NMT-450: 200 NMT-900: 1999
Users Per Channel	1
Channel Spacing	AMPS: 30 kHz NAMPS: 10 kHz	ETACS: 25 kHz NTACS: 12.5 kHz	NMT-450: 25 kHz NMT-900: 12.5 kHz
Modulation	FM	FM	FM
Channel Bit Rate	n/a	n/a	n/a

Digital Cellular Telephones
Standard	TDMA IS-54/IS-136 Time Division Multiple Access	CDMA IS-95 Code Division Multiple Access	GSM Global System for Mobile Communication	DCS 1800/DCS 1900 Digital Communication System	PDC Personal Digital Cellular
Mobile Frequency Range (MHz)	Rx: 869-894 Tx: 824-849 Rx: 1930-1990 Tx: 1850-1910	Rx: 869-894 Tx: 824-849 Rx: 1930-1990 Tx: 1850-1910 Rx: 2110-2170 Tx: 1920-1980 (CDMA2000 Asia)	Rx: 869-894 Tx: 824-849 Rx: 925-960 Tx: 880-915 Rx: 1805-1880 Tx: 1710-1785 Rx: 1930-1990 Tx: 1850-1910	Rx: 1805-1880 Tx: 1710-1785	Rx: 810-826 Tx: 940-956 Rx: 1429-1453 Tx: 1477-1501
Multiple Access Method	TDMA/FDM	CDMA/FDM	TDMA/FDM	TDMA/FDM	TDMA/FDM
Duplex Method	FDD	FDD	FDD	FDD	FDD
Number of Channels	832	20	124	374	1600
Users Per Channels	3	15-50	8		3
Channel Spacing	30 kHz	1250 kHz	200 kHz	200 kHz	25 kHz
Modulation	p/4 DQPSK	QPSK/OQPSK	GMSK (0.3 Gaussian Filter) 8-PSK (EDGE only)	GMSK (0.3 Gaussian Filter)	p/4 DQPSK
Channel Bit Rate	48.6 kb/s	1.2288 Mb/s	270.833 kb/s	270.833 kb/s	42 kb/s

Analog Cordless Telephones
Standard	CT0 Cordless Telephone 0	CT1/CT1+ Cordless Telephone 1
Mobile Frequency Range (MHz)	2/48 (U.K.) 26/41 (France) 30/39 (Australia) 31/40 (The Netherlands/Spain) 46/49 (China, S. Korea, Taiwan, U.S.A.) 48/74 (China)	CT1: 914/960 CT1+: 885/932
Multiple Access Method	FDMA	FDMA
Duplex Method	FDD	FDD
Number of Channels	10, 12, 15, 20 or 25	CT1: 40 CT1+: 80
Channel Spacing	1.7, 20, 25 or 40 kHz	25 kHz
Modulation	FM	FM
Channel Bit Rate	n/a	n/a

Digital Cordless Telephones
Standard	CT2/CT2+ Cordless Telephone 2	DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone	PHS Personal Handy Phone System
Mobile Frequency Range (MHz)	CT2: 864/868 CT2+: 944/948	1880-1900	1895-1918
Multiple Access Method	TDMA/FDM	TDMA/FDM	TDMA/FDM
Duplex Method	TDD	TDD	TDD
Number of Channels	40	10	300
Users Per Channel	1	12	4
Channel Spacing	100 kHz	1.728 MHz	300 kHz
Modulation	GFSK (0.5 Gaussian Filter)	GFSK (0.5 Gaussian Filter)	p/4 DQPSK
Channel Bit Rate	72 kb/s	1.152 Mb/s	384 kb/s

Wireless Data (see telephone specs for data over cell phone)
Standard	CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data (WAN)	Bluetooth	HomeRF	IEEE 802.11b	IEEE 802.11a	IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee
Mobile Frequency Range (MHz)	Rx: 869-894 Tx: 824-849	2402-2480 (North America & Europe) 2447-2473 (Spain) 2448-2482 (France) 2473-2495 (Japan)	2402-2480 (North America & Europe) 2447-2473 (Spain) 2448-2482 (France) 2473-2495 (Japan)	2401-2462 1000 mW/MHz (North America) 2412-2472 100 mW/MHz (Europe) 2483 10 mW/MHz (Japan)	5150-5250 (USA lower band) 5250-5350 (USA middle band) 5725-5825 (USA upper band)	2402-2480 1000 mW/MHz (N. America) 2412-2472 100 mW/MHz (Europe) 2483 10 mW/MHz (Japan)
Multiple Access Method	FDMA	Frequency hopping	Frequency hopping	CSMA/CA	CSMA/CA	TDMA
Duplex Method	FDD	TDD	TDD	TDD	TDD	FDD
Number of Channels	832	79 (23 in Japan, Spain, France)		FHSS: 79 DSSS: 11
Users Per Channel	1	7 active, 200 inactive	8 active	127	127	255
Channel Spacing	30 kHz	1 MHz	1 MHz, 3.5 MHz	FHSS: 1 MHz DSSS: 25 MHz	OFDM: 20 MHz	4 MHz
Modulation	GMSK (0.5 Gaussian Filter)	Shaped Binary FM (0.5 Gaussian Filter)	FHSS (0.5 Gaussian Filter)	FHSS: GFSK (0.5 Gaussian Filter) DSSS: DBPSK (1/MB/s) DQPSK (2 MB/s) CCK: QPSK (11 Mb/s)	OFDM: QPSK, QAM (0.5 Gaussian filter) OFDM: BPSK (5.5 Mb/s) OFDM: 16QAM (24, 26 Mb/s) OFDM: 64QAM (54 Mb/s)	GFSK (0.5 Gaussian Filter)
Channel Bit Rate	19.2 kb/s	1 Mb/s symbol rate 721 kb/s raw data 56 kb/s return	1 Mb/s symbol rate 1.6, 10 Mbps	1, 2 or 11 MB/s	12 Mb/s symbol rate 5.5-54 Mb/s	250/28 kb/s

Personal Communication Systems
Standard	High Tier Standards	Low Tier Standards
Mobile Frequency Range (MHz)	Rx: 1930-1990 Tx: 1850-1910	Rx: 1930-1990 Tx: 1850-1910
Multiple Access Method	PCS TDMA (based on IS-136 cellular) PCS CDMA (based on IS-95 cellular) PCS 1900 (based on GSM cellular) Wideband CDMA	PACS (based on PHS cordless) DCT-U (based on DECT cordless) Composite CDMA/TDMA

Data obtained from Philips "2001 (& 2002) Worldwide Wireless Telecommunications Standards" chart.