Cellular Networking

Question 1

Which telecommunication standard is GSM?

Answer 1

2G - 2nd Generation standard that allows wireless data transmitting across mobile devices. Many users share the same bandwidth.

Question 2

Does the GSM or CDMA cell standard utilise SIM cards?

Answer 2

GSM uses SIM cards to connect to networks and can therefore be used internationally whereas CDMA is locked to carrier’s and therefore country.

Question 3

Which cellular standard provides 150Mbit/s and uses EDGE?

Answer 3

4G - LTE (Long Term Evolution) is 150Mbit/s. LTE-A 300Mbit/s

Question 4

Which was the first standard to provide enough speed to allow for video streaming and GPS?

Answer 4

3G with speeds of around a few Mbit/s made GPS and video streaming possible over cellular networks.

Question 5

What cell standard allows for (or will eventually) speeds of up to 10Gbit/s?

Answer 5

5G. This will/has had a huge impact on IoT devices capabilities as bandwidth becomes a non-issue at such high throughput.