Characteristics of 3GPP Technologies

2G-GSM GSM GPRS EDGE (Enhanced GPRS ) 2003 EDGE Evolution 2008 QPSK 16QAM 32QAM Multiple Access Duplex Channel BW TDMA/ FDMA FDD 200 kHz TDMA/ FDMA FDD 200 kHz TDMA/ FDMA FDD 200 kHz TDMA/ FDMA FDD 200 kHz WCDMA

3G-UMTS HSPA HSPA+

4G-LTE LTE

Year

1991

1997

2003 BPSK QPSK

2005 16QAM (HSDPA)

2008 16QAM (UL) 64QAM (DL) QPSK 16QAM 64QAM

2009

Modulation GMSK

GMSK

8PSK

WCDMA WCDMA FDD 5 MHz FDD 5 MHz 14 Mbps (HSDPA)

WCDMA + MIMO FDD 5 MHz

OFDMA (DL) + MIMO SC- FDMA (UL) TDD/FDD Scalable 20 MHz max.

42 Mbps (DL) 11 Mbps (UL)

172 Mbps (DL, 20 MHz, 2x2 MIMO) 86Mbps (UL, 20 MHz)

Data Rate

14.4 kbps

53.6 kbps

384 kbps

1 Mbps

2 Mbps 5.76 Mbps (HSUPA)

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