What You Need To Know About: Gprs, Edge, 3g, Hsdpa, Hspa+ And 4g (LTE) Networks

Hello friends today i will share my little knowledge on this topic in case you might be confused about it.The differences between GPRS, EDGE and 3G networks,

Before advancing, it should be known that 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G etc refers to the different generations of wireless networks characterized by having a defined range of speed.

GPRS(General Packet Radio Service)
GPRS is a packet-based wireless communication service. It is a 2G technology network that support a download speed of  114Kbps.
Limitation of GPRS is that GPRS data cannot be sent while a voice call is in progress.

EDGE(Enhanced Data GSM Evolution)
GPRS and EDGE are both 2G technology but EDGE is significantly faster with a download speed of  384Kbps. EDGE is sometimes called a 2.5G network as it also has some characteristics of a 3G network but it doesn't satisfy the specification.

3G
Introduction of 3G network made a change in video calling and  streaming of videos, with download speed of  3.1Mbps.

HSDPA(High-Speed Down-link Packet Access)
It is based on the 3G network and an enhancement to 3G. Thus has a faster speed, download speed can be up to 14Mbps. HSDPA is sometimes called 3.5G.

HSPA+(Evolved High-Speed Packet Access)
HSPA+ is an evolution HSPA(HSDPA&HSUPA). It is a 4G technology that allows download at a rate of  168Mbps.

4G LTE(Long Term Evolution)
LTE is a 4G communication standard that supports HD video streaming, download speed is as high as 299.6Mbps.
In summary:
GPRS(114Kbps) < EGDE(368Kbps) < 3G(3.1Mbps) < HSDPA(14Mbps) < HSPA+(168Mbps) < 4G/LTE(299.6Mbps)


*Packet-based means data is broken into packets before being transmitted.