ALSO CALLED: Time Division Multiplexing, Time Division Multiple Access, and TDM DEFINITION: D-AMPS is now called Time Division Multiple Access/IS-136.
D-AMPS (Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service), sometimes spelled DAMPS, is adigital version of AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service), the original analog standard for
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PRODUCT LITERATURE:
RAD's IPmux line of TDM over IP (TDMoIP®) gateways transparently extends E1, T1, E3 or T3 circuits across packet-switched IP/Ethernet/MPLS networks. It is transparent to all protocols and signaling, and therefore supports legacy PBXs.
TDMA DEFINITION (continued):cellular telephone phone service in the United States. Both D-AMPS and AMPS are now used in many countries. D-AMPS adds time division multiple access (TDMA) to AMPS to get three channels for each AMPS channel, tripling the number of calls that can be handled on a channel. D-AMPS is Interim Standard-136 from the Electronics Industries Assocation/Telecommunication Industries Assocation (EIA/TIA).
Like AMPS, D-AMPS uses frequency ranges within the 800 and 900 Megahertz TDMA definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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