Samsung to Support HDR Technology

In a move designed to drive the commercialization of High Data Rate (HDR) technology, Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego), a developer of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, and Samsung (Korea) will jointly support the development and deployment of HDR for high-speed wireless Internet access globally.

HDR provides a spectrally efficient 2.4 Mbps peak rate in a standard 1.25 MHz channel bandwidth for fixed, portable and mobile applications. Optimized for packet data services, HDR incorporates a flexible architecture based on standard Internet Protocol (IP). HDR is an evolution of CDMA technology with identical radio frequency characteristics as cdmaOne and 1x Multi-Carrier. HDR supports e-mail, web browsing, mobile e-commerce, telematics, and many other applications while offering end users continuous, untethered, always-on access to the Internet and next-generation data services.

Edited by Winn Hardin, Managing Editor