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Code-Division Multiple Access

CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) is a protocol used in 2G and 3G wireless communications that uses spread spectrum technology to allow multiple users to access the same frequency channel at the same time. It works by separating data and voice packets using codes and transmitting them over a wide frequency range. The main difference between CDMA and GSM is that CDMA encodes each call's data with a unique code and transmits them all at once, while GSM transmits each call's digital data via a shared channel at a specific time.

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Code-Division Multiple Access

CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) is a protocol used in 2G and 3G wireless communications that uses spread spectrum technology to allow multiple users to access the same frequency channel at the same time. It works by separating data and voice packets using codes and transmitting them over a wide frequency range. The main difference between CDMA and GSM is that CDMA encodes each call's data with a unique code and transmits them all at once, while GSM transmits each call's digital data via a shared channel at a specific time.

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CDMA

Code-Division Multiple Access


What is CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access)?

• CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) refers to any of


several protocols used in second-generation (2G) and
third-generation (3G) wireless communications. 
• The technology is used in ultra-high-frequency (UHF)
cellular phone systems in the 800 megahertz (MHz) and
1.9 gigahertz (GHz) bands.
How does CDMA work?

CDMA uses a “spread-spectrum” technique whereby


electromagnetic energy is spread to allow for a signal with a
wider bandwidth. This approach allows several people on
different cell phones to be “multiplexed” over the same
channel to share a bandwidth of frequencies. With CDMA
technology, data and voice packets are separated using codes
and then transmitted using a wide frequency range
CDMA vs GSM?

• CDMA cellular systems use a unique code to encode every


call's data and then transmit all those calls at once. On the
other end, the receivers divide the combined signal into their
individual calls before channeling them to the intended
recipient.
•  GSM transforms every call into digital data, transmits it via a
shared channel at a specific time and then puts each call back
together at the other end of the line for the intended recipient.

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