| W-CDMA |
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, one of
two 3G standards that makes use of a wider spectrum than CDMA
and therefore can transmit and receive information for faster
and more efficiently. Co-developed by NTT DoCoMo, it is being
backed by most European mobile operators and is expected to
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| W-TDMA |
Wideband-Time Division Multiple Access, a technique
based on time division transmission which is similar to that
used by GSM but provides a much higher transmission rate. It
was submitted as a solution for UMTS radio interface, but was
rejected. |
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| WCDMA-DS |
see DS-WCDMA |
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| WAN |
Wide Area Network. A general term referring to
a large network spanning a country or around the world. The
Internet is a WAN. A public mobile communication system is a
WAN. |
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| WMAN |
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network. A regional
wireless computer or communication network spanning the area
covered by an average to large city. |
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| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol. The development of WAP is
being driven by the WAP Forum, initially founded by Motorola,
Nokia, Ericsson and Unwired Planet.
WAP is a technology designed to provide users of mobile terminals
with limited access to the Internet. It offers information
in text form on the screen of your phones, but it's hardly
the World Wide Web.
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| Wideband |
A classification of the information capacity or
bandwidth of a communication channel. Wideband is generally
taken to mean a bandwith between 64kbits/s and 2Mbit/s. |
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| Wireless Access |
A terminal access to the network that uses wireless
technology. |
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| WML |
Wireless Markup Language. Wireless Markup Language
is a markup language developed specifically for wireless applications.
WML is based on XML. |
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