GENERATIONS
OF
CELL
NETWORKS
TYPES OF GENERATIONS
FIRST GENERATIONS
SECOND GENERATION
THIRD GENERATION
FOURTH GENERATION
FIFTH GENERATION
FIRST GENERATION
(1G)
IT WAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND
RELEASED IN 1980.
IT WAS NAMED AS WTT ( WIRELESS
TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGY).
IT WAS AN ANALOG NETWORK.
IT IS ONLY FOR CALLING.
EXAMPLE : CARDLESS PHONE.
SECOND
GENERATION
SECOND GENERATION IS CLASSIFIED
INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
2G(G.S.M)
2.5G(GPRS)
2.75G(EGPRS)
SECOND GENERATION
(2G)
IT WAS DEVELOPED AND RELEASED BY 1991.
IT WAS NAMED AS GSM ( GLOBAL SYSTEM
FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ).
IT WAS AN DIGITAL NETWORK.
IT WAS IMPROVISED TO CALLS AND
MESSAGES.
AUDIO QUALITY OF THE NETWORK HAS
BEEN IMPROVED.
SECOND
GENERATION
(2.5G)
IT WAS NAMED AS GPRS
(GENERAL PACKET RADIO
SERVICE).
IT WAS IMPROVISED TO
ACCESS INTERNET.
AT THAT TIME THE
INTERNET SPEED IS 24 kbps.
AT FIRST AIRTEL HAD
LAUNCHED THIS IN INDIA.
IT WAS NAMED AS EDGE (ENHANCED DATA RATES FOR
GSM EVOLUTION) OR EGPRS (ENHANCED GENERAL
PACKET RADIO SERVICE).
IT WAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO INCREASE THE DATA
SPEED.
SECOND THE DATA PACKS WERE AVAILABLE FOR BOTH
PREPAID AND POSTPAID.
GENERATION IT HAS AN INDICATION LIKE “E” AT THE TOP OF
SIGNAL INDICATOR.
(2.75G)
THIRD
GENERATION
THIRD Generation IS
CLASSIFIED INTO THREE
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
3G(UMTS)
3.5G(WMBNS)
3.75G(HSDPA)
THIRD
GENERATION (3G)
IT WAS DEVELOPED IN 1998
AND IT WAS RELEASED IN
2002.
IT WAS NAME AS UMTS
(UNIVERSAL MOBILE
TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICE).
IT WAS IMPROVISED TO GET
LIVE STREAMING,YOUTUBE
AND VIDEO CALLING.
AT THAT TIME NET SPEED
WAS 200kbps
THIRD GENERATION
(3.5G)
IT WAS NAMED AS WMBNS (WIRELESS
MOBILE BROADBAND NETSPEED).
IT’S NET SPEED IS NEARLY EQUAL TO
BROADBAND SPEED AT THAT TIME).
IT’S SPEED WAS 3.1 mbps TO 7.1mbps.
AT THAT TIME 3G DONGLES CAME INTO
EXISTENCE.
IT HAS AN INDICATION “H” AT THE
SIGNAL INDICATOR.
THIRD GENERATION
(3.75G)
IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 2008.
IT WAS NAMED AS HSDPA (HIGH SPEED
DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS).
IT HAS A INDICATOR “H+”AT THE
SIGNAL INDICATO.
FOURTH
GENERATIONS
Fourth Generation is CLASSIFIED
INTO TWO CATEGORIES
4G(LTE)
4.5G(LTE ADVANCED)
FOURTH
GENERATION (4G)
IT WAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND
RELEASED IN 2008.
IT WAS NAMED AS LTE (LONG TERM
EVOLUTION).
IT CAN ACCESS FULL HD STREAM.
IT HAS HIGH SPEED NET.
IT HAS A SPEED OF 100mbps.
IT HAS AN INDICATION “4G” AT THE TOP
OF THE SIGNAL INDICATOR.
FOURTH GENERATION
(4.5G)
IT WAS NAMED AS LTE ADVANCE(LONG
TERM EVOLUTION ADVANCED).
IT WAS IMPROVISED TO GET GOOD VOICE
AUDIO ON STREAMING.
EXAMPLE : OUR JIO VOLTE APP MEANS JIO
VOICE OVER LTE IT GIVES US GOOD AUDIO.
COMING SOON....
FIFTH
GENERATION
FIFTH GENERATION
(5G)
IT WAS EXPECTED TO GET LAUNCHED IN
2020.
IT WAS NAMED AS NGMN (NEXT
GENERATION MOBILE NETWORK).
IT’S EXPECTED SPEED IS 10,000 mbps.
IT’S SYMBOL IS EXPECTED TO BE “5G”.