Cellular standard

Comparison of the maximum achievable bit rates with different mobile radio standards ( logarithmic representation )

Mobile radio standard is a category term and describes the standards and regulations on which the technologies and systems of mobile communication are based.

Indication on displays

The symbols or abbreviations displayed in the status bar (usually at the top of the displays, screens or flat screens ) of mobile phones or smartphones , tablet computers etc. are partially different for the iOS , Android and Microsoft Windows Phone operating systems and indicate the possible data transfer rate or . modem speed, total measured in bits per second, again:

Second generation (2G)

→ Main article : GSM

• G (up to iOS 7 ○): 53.6 kbit / s
• GPRS (from iOS 8 GPRS): 53.6 kbit / s
• E , EDGE : 256 kbit / s

Third generation (3G)

→ Main article : UMTS

• 3G : 384 kbit / s
• H (also 3.5G or 3G + ; with iOS also 3G ): HSDPA 7.2 Mbit / s
• H + (with iOS also 3G ): High Speed ​​Packet Access + (HSPA +), 42 Mbit / s

Fourth generation (4G)

→ Main article : LTE

• LTE , with Android, iOS and Windows, depending on the network provider, also 4G : 500 Mbit / s
• LTE-A (also LTE + , 4G or 4G + ): LTE-Advanced 1 Gbit / s

Fifth generation (5G)

→ Main article : 5G

• 5G : up to 10 Gbit / s

Cellular standards

• Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)
• CDMA2000 , a standard used in America
• Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
• HIPERLAN
• IMT-Advanced
• Long Term Evolution (LTE), also known as Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN)
• Personal Communication Network (PCN), obsolete term for the DCS 1800 cellular standard
• Personal Digital Cellular (PDC)
• Radio Telephone Mobile System (RTMS)
• TETRA
• Tetrapol , trunked radio standard similar to TETRA
• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), also called UTRAN referred
• WiMAX

See also

• A , B , C network
• CB radio
• Radio network
• Wireless transmission methods
• Cellular , cellular network
• Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT)
• TACS
• Wideband CDMA (WCDMA)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stiftung Warentest Issue 11/2011
2. ↑ 3G, 4G, H, LTE & Co. - Internet symbols from iOS, Windows Phone and Android. In: it's-webtime blog. June 24, 2013, accessed May 7, 2017 . 
3. ↑ CHIP: What is 4G and 4G +? Difference explained simply , May 25, 2016, accessed April 17, 2017.