gprs
RSS gprsHard cells: GPRS users will fall foul of coverage holes
News Telecoms experts are warning that the GPRS network could run out of service coverage or suffer bottlenecks, which will force handsets to switch automatically to the Circuit Switched Data network (CSD) - an enhancement of... [09 Feb 2001]
GPRS a 'bigger failure than WAP'
News Operators such as MmO2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone in the UK have begun selling data-based GPRS services - also known as 2.5G - which speed up download times and create an always-on data connection. [25 Nov 2002]
GPRS Security Threats and Solution Recommendations
White Paper Although a brief review of GPRS architecture is provided, it is assumed that the reader understands the basic GPRS architecture and Internet Protocol data networking. This paper does not attempt to... [02 Sep 2008]
Data Capabilities: GPRS to HSDPA
White Paper It then explains the capabilities as well as workings of the different technologies, including GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSDPA. The paper then examines the evolution from GPRS to HSDPA, including how... [15 Mar 2005]
GPRS: At last the wait is over
Comment Viag Interkom launched GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) handsets to the German public last week. A DTI spokesman admitted it is conceivable GPRS devices, "designed or used inappropriately, could... [31 Jan 2001]
GPRS White Paper
White Paper The General Packet Radio System (GPRS) is a new service that provides actual packet radio access for mobile Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and time-division multiple access (TDMA) users. [02 Sep 2008]
GPRS networks lose 43 per cent of data
News Up to 43 per cent of data gets lost on GPRS networks, making it almost impossible to run conventional internet applications across them, according to the first independent trials of networks. The new high-speed... [27 Nov 2001]
GPRS: A donkey on speed is still a donkey
Comment Consumer GPRS is basically WAP with wings, to start with at least. WAP over GPRS is a bit like the Spectrum Plus. GPRS sounds ominously like GNER or some other privatised train company... [19 Apr 2001]
GPRS-Based Real-Time Remote Control of MicroBots With M2M Capabilities
White Paper This paper describes the experiences combining M2M with robotics to create a fleet of MicroBots, which are remotely controllable through GPRS connection links. Machine to Machine (M2M) communication is gathering momentum. [17 May 2006]
Cheat Sheet: GPRS
Cheat Sheet GPRS uses the same frequency as today's GSM phones, so there was no need to bankrupt the industry with a spectrum auction. What is GPRS? Nokia talks GPRS ... [25 Apr 2001]
GPRS Considerations for Mobile Email
White Paper It is easy to set-up a Symbian OS email client to retrieve and send emails on a GPRS network. Symbian OS phones can access email services ? out of the box? using the most popular email retrieval protocols, namely POP3... [13 Jul 2007]
GPRS is here, but it's late and it doesn't really work
News The long-awaited consumer launch comes nearly a year after BT launched the world's first GPRS services for businesses. GPRS promised cheaper, faster and easier to use mobile data services, as a bridging... [19 Apr 2001]
GPRS: Next generation phones hit shops
News The consumer launch comes nearly a year after BT announced the world's first live GPRS network. GPRS is widely seen as a staging post on the way to the launch of 3G services, and many of the problems... [18 May 2001]
General Packet Radio Service: GPRS
White Paper General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a new service that provides packet radio access for users of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology. The introduction of GPRS marks the first time... [22 Mar 2005]
A Scheme to Decrease Bit-Rate of Streaming Media for GPRS
White Paper The average downlink bandwidth of GPRS is about 25Kbps, while the bit-rate of typical streaming media is at least 100Kbps. It is an exigent job for GPRS business system to decrease bit-rate of streaming... [22 Oct 2008]
