Wireless Data Transmission
n data over existing cellular systems:
modem: costs, interoperation with handover, unreliable
voice channel
CDPD: transmit data in short bursts during idle times in
existing AMPS channels, use channel hopping to avoid
collision with voice traffic
intersitial cellular (proprietary to Cellular Data Inc.):
transmit data on unused guard bands (separate voice
channels), results in 2400 bit/s X.25 data network
n widely available, limited system capacity,
emphasis not on data service (both new and old)