Subject : Mobile Communication

Topic : CDMA

Difficulty : Medium

Forward and Reverse link Channels in cdma2000 - 1. Channels in cdma2000

i. In cdma2000, there are two types of Channels – Dedicated and Common.

ii. Forward dedicated Channels carry information between the base station and a specific mobile; common Channels carry information from the base station to a set of mobiles in a point-to-multipoint manner.

iii. Reverse link physical Channels include dedicated Channels to carry information from a single mobile to the base station and common Channels to carry information from multiple mobiles to the base station.

Fig7. Cdma 2000 overview of dedicated physical Channels