Third-generation cellular systems will provide data rates up to 2
Mbps in areas of high population density, with rates reducing
as a mobile station moves further from a base station.
Satellite base stations will be used to provide coverage for
mobile stations that are outside the range of ground-based network
infrastructure. Both circuit-switched and packet-switched data will be supported.
One advantage
claimed for CDMA is ease of transition to third generation
cellular networks.
Other topics in our resources on CDMA related to 3G include: