Chapter 8 - Working With Wireless Wide Area Networking (Wwan); Overview; Requirements; Antenna Band - Honeywell dolphin 70e black User Manual

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Working with Wireless Wide Area Networking (WWAN)

Overview

The Dolphin 70e Black has two radio options for WWAN voice and data communications:
• a multi-mode (software definable) WWAN radio, which provides support for three band 3.9G
UMTS/HSPA+ (850/1900/2100 MHz), quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900
MHz), and dual band CDMA/EVDO Rev A - 1xRTT/EVDO (800/1900 Mhz) or
• a GSM WWAN radio, which provides support for two-band UMTS/HSPA+ (3.9G) 900/2100 Mhz
and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz).
GSM
Short for Global System for Mobile communications, GSM is an open, non-proprietary
wireless WAN system that is constantly evolving and growing.
HSPA+ Short for High-Speed Download Packet Access, HSPA+ is a non-voice value added service
that allows packet-switched data to be instantly sent and received across mobile telephone
networks.
UMTS Short for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, UMTS is a non-voice value added
service that allows packet-switched data to be instantly sent and received across mobile
telephone networks.
GPRS Short for General Packet Radio Service, GPRS is a non-voice value added service that
allows packet-switched data to be instantly sent and received across mobile telephone
networks.
EDGE E-GPRS is a non-voice value added service that allows packet-switched data to be instantly
sent and received across mobile telephone networks at a higher data rate than standard
GPRS.
CDMA
Short for Code Division Multiple Access.
1xRTT Short for Single-Carrier Radio Transmission Technology.
EVDO Short for Evolution-Data Optimized.

Requirements

Using GSM/HSPA+/UMTS/GPRS/EDGE requires:
• a network subscription to a GSM/HSPA+/UMTS/GPRS/EDGE network (you need to know what
service providers are in your geographic area), and
• an installed SIM card that has been activated by the network service provider (see
SIM Card and/or Replacing the Memory Card
Using CDMA requires:
• an active account with a CDMA carrier. The account is linked to the Mobile Equipment Identifier
(MEID) of the integrated WWAN radio.

Antenna Band

The WWAN radio features two internal antennas: an omni-directional antenna optimized for power
output and receiver sensitivity and a second diversity receiver antenna.
on page 3-17).
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