D-AMPS

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D-AMPS (Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System) is a second-generation (2G) digital mobile telephony standard that evolved from the analog AMPS system to provide improved capacity and voice quality.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
D-AMPS canonical 2
Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System 2
Digital AMPS 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mobile communication standard
second-generation mobile network technology
abbreviationOf Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System
linked to: D-AMPS
basedOn AMPS
channelAccess time-division multiple access
compatibility backward compatible with AMPS
competesWith GSM
IS-95 CDMA
dataCapability limited low-rate data
deploymentStart early 1990s
evolvedFrom AMPS
fullName Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System
linked to: D-AMPS
generation 2G
goal improve capacity over AMPS
improve voice quality over AMPS
improvementOver analog AMPS capacity
analog AMPS voice quality
multipleAccessScheme TDMA
networkArchitecture cellular
networkGeneration second generation
networkType digital cellular
operatesIn 1900 MHz band
800 MHz band
predecessor AMPS
primaryMarket Canada
United States
primaryUse mobile telephony
radioInterface digital
regionOfUse Asia
Latin America
North America
serviceType circuit-switched voice
standardCategory 2G TDMA standard
standardFamily IS-136
IS-54
linked to: IS-136
standardizedBy TIA
status largely obsolete
successor CDMA-based 2G systems
GSM
supportsRoamingWith AMPS networks
supportsService SMS
voice calls
technologyType TDMA-based system
usesDuplexing FDD
usesModulation π/4 DQPSK

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UWC-136 alsoKnownAs EDGE for IS-136
linked to: D-AMPS
UWC-136 predecessor IS-136 TDMA
linked to: D-AMPS
IS-136 alsoKnownAs D-AMPS
IS-136 alsoKnownAs Digital AMPS
linked to: D-AMPS
D-AMPS fullName Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System
linked to: D-AMPS
D-AMPS abbreviationOf Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System
linked to: D-AMPS