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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mobile communication standard
second-generation mobile network technology
abbreviationOf Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System NERFINISHED
basedOn AMPS NERFINISHED
channelAccess time-division multiple access
compatibility backward compatible with AMPS
competesWith GSM NERFINISHED
IS-95 CDMA
dataCapability limited low-rate data
deploymentStart early 1990s
evolvedFrom AMPS NERFINISHED
fullName Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
primaryMarket Canada NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
primaryUse mobile telephony
radioInterface digital
regionOfUse Asia NERFINISHED
Latin America NERFINISHED
North America NERFINISHED
serviceType circuit-switched voice
standardCategory 2G TDMA standard
standardFamily IS-136 NERFINISHED
IS-54 NERFINISHED
standardizedBy TIA NERFINISHED
status largely obsolete
successor CDMA-based 2G systems
GSM NERFINISHED
supportsRoamingWith AMPS networks
supportsService SMS
voice calls
technologyType TDMA-based system
usesDuplexing FDD
usesModulation π/4 DQPSK

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