8-PSK

8-PSK definition - telecom
A signal modulation technique that involves eight levels of phase shift and, therefore, supports three bits per symbol. 8-PSK is specified in Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (EGPRS), the packet-switched transmission mode of Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), a 2.5G cellular radio standard. See also 2.5G, bit, cellular radio, EDGE, EGPRS, modulation, phase, PSK, signal, and symbol.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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