Cellular Digital Packet Data
(Telecommunications) open-specification for two-way data packet transmissions via cellular communication channels (higher quality than modem connections using analog cellular channels), CDPD | ||||
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Cellular Digital Packet Data Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Cellular Digital Packet Data
<communications, protocol> (CDPD) A wireless standard providing two-way, 19.2 kbps packet data transmission over exisiting cellular telephone channels.
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(1994-12-05)
<communications, protocol> (CDPD) A wireless standard providing two-way, 19.2 kbps packet data transmission over exisiting cellular telephone channels.
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(1994-12-05)
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CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data)
This packet-based technology allows either 9.6-Kbps or 19.2-Kbps data rates over standard analog channels in the 800- to 900-MHz range, by finding and employing unused channels. AT&T's Wireless IP is an example of a CDPD-based service.
This packet-based technology allows either 9.6-Kbps or 19.2-Kbps data rates over standard analog channels in the 800- to 900-MHz range, by finding and employing unused channels. AT&T's Wireless IP is an example of a CDPD-based service.
Cellular Digital Packet Data Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Cellular digital packet data
Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) uses unused bandwidth normally used by AMPS mobile phones between 800 and 900 MHz to transfer data. Speeds up to 19.2 kbit/s are possible.
Developed in the early 1990s, CDPD was large on the horizon as a future technology. However, it had difficulty competing against existing slower but less expensive Mobitex and DataTac systems, and never quite gained widespread acceptance before newer, faster standards such as GPRS became dominant.
CDPD had very limited consumer offerings. AT&T Wireless first offered the technology in the United States under the PocketNet brand. It was one of the first consumer offerings of wireless web service. Cingular Wireless later offered CDPD under the Wireless Internet brand (not to be confused with Wireless Internet Express, their brand for GPRS/EDGE data). PocketNet was generally considered a failure with competition from 2G services such as Sprint's Wireless Web. After the four phones AT&T Wireless had offered to the public (two from Panasonic, one from Mitsubishi and the Ericsson R289LX), AT&T Wireless eventually refused to activate the devices.
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