DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GSM AND CDMA TECHNOLOGIES

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GSM(GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION) IS EDGE(ENAHANCED DATA RATES FOR GSM EVOLUTION) ENABLED ,WHILE CDMA ISEVDO ENABLED.

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DATA RATES

GSM DATA RATES UP TO 384KBPS WITH REAL WORLD SPEED REPORTED CLOSER TO 70-140 KBPS, WHILE DATA RATE OF CDMA IS 2MEGABIT/SEC.

MULTIPLEXING TECHNIQUES USED

TDMA(TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS) AND FDMA(FREQUENCY DEVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS) TECH. USED BY GSM,WHICH DIVIDES AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH AMONG THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS.

ON THE OTHER HAND CDMA IS A TYPE OF MULTIPLE ACCESS SCHEME (MEANS ALLOATING GIVEN BANDWIDTH TO MULTIPLE USERS),WHICH INCREASES SIZE OF SPECTRUM.

SECURITY OR VOICE PRIVACY

GSM HAVE NOT ANY ENHANCED VOICE PRIVACY.WHILE IN CDMA,EACH USER IS PROVIDED A UNIQUE CODE AND ALL CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO USERS ARE CODED OR ENCRYPTED,THIS PROVIDES A GREATER LEVEL OF SECURITY IN CDMA.

HOW GSM BREAKS A 30 AVAILABLE TIME SLICES

IN GSM PHONE,EACH ONE GET 1/30 OF AVAILABLE CHANNELSTHROUGH EACH ONE CAN BE AVAILABLE TO SEND AND RECEIVE DATA.

CDMA PHONE ONLY GET A SLICE OF BANDWIDTH,WHEN THEY ACTUALLY NEED ONE.SO IF YOU ARE NOT TALKING,NOTHING IS TRANSMITTED.

BATTERY CONSUMPTION

MOST CDMA CALLS CAN BE FIT INTO GIVEN AMOUNT OF FREQUENCY SPECTRUM(IT IS MORE EFFICIENT) ,LESS RADIATION IS BEING CREATED FROM THE PHONE TOWARDS THE USER(YOU GET RADIATION WHEN YOU COMMUNICATE),AND THE BATTERY POWER IS CONSERVED SINCE THE HANDSET ONLY TRANSMIT WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAS SOMETHING TO SEND.