IMT-2000

IMT-2000 definition - telecom
An initiative of the ITU-R for a twenty-first century wireless network architecture that replaced Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System (FPLMTS) as that organizations vision for a single global standard for digital wireless networks. Specifications call for operation on the 2 GHz (2000 MHz) band and include high-mobility applications at 128/144 kbps, pedestrian speed applications at 384 kbps, and fixed wireless applications such as wireless local loop (WLL) and in-building applications such as wireless LANs (WLANs) at 2.048 Mbps. Technologies and standards falling under the IMT-2000 umbrella include 2.5G and 3G such as Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD), and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). See also 2.5G, 3G, cellular radio, digital, EDGE, GPRS, HSCSD, UMTS, wireless, WLAN, and WLL.

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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