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EvolutionDataOptimized
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EvolutionDataOptimized(EVDO,EVDO,etc.)isa
telecommunicationsstandardforthewirelesstransmissionofdatathrough
radiosignals,typicallyforbroadbandInternetaccess.EVDOisan
evolutionoftheCDMA2000(IS2000)standardthatsupportshighdata
ratesandcanbedeployedalongsideawirelesscarrier'svoiceservices.It
usesadvancedmultiplexingtechniquesincludingcodedivisionmultiple
access(CDMA)aswellastimedivisionmultiplexing(TDM)tomaximize
throughput.ItisapartoftheCDMA2000familyofstandardsandhasbeen
adoptedbymanymobilephoneserviceprovidersaroundtheworld
particularlythosepreviouslyemployingCDMAnetworks.Itisalsousedon
theGlobalstarsatellitephonenetwork.[1]

AKyoceraPCCardEVDOrouter
withWiFi

EVDOservicehasbeenorwillbediscontinuedinmuchofCanadain
2015.[2]
AnEVDOchannelhasabandwidthof1.25MHz,thesamebandwidthsize
thatIS95A(IS95)andIS2000(1xRTT)use.[3]Thechannelstructure,on
theotherhand,isverydifferent.Additionally,thebackendnetworkis
entirelypacketbased,andthusisnotconstrainedbytherestrictions
typicallypresentonacircuitswitchednetwork.
TheEVDOfeatureofCDMA2000networksprovidesaccesstomobile
deviceswithforwardlinkairinterfacespeedsofupto2.4Mbit/swithRel.
0andupto3.1Mbit/swithRev.A.ThereverselinkrateforRel.0can
operateupto153kbit/s,whileRev.Acanoperateatupto1.8Mbit/s.It
wasdesignedtobeoperatedendtoendasanIPbasednetwork,andsoit
cansupportanyapplicationwhichcanoperateonsuchanetworkandbit
rateconstraints.

BlackBerryStyle(9670series)
smartphonedisplaying'1XEV'asthe
servicestatusashighlightedinthe
upperrightcorner.

Contents
1 Standardrevisions
1.1 EVDORel.0(TIA856Release0)
1.1.1 Forwardlinkchannelstructure
1.1.2 Reverselinkstructure
1.2 EVDORev.A(TIA856RevisionA)
1.3 EVDORev.B(TIA856RevisionB)
1.4 EVDORev.C(TIA856RevisionC)andTIA1121
1.4.1 Features
2 Seealso
3 Notesandreferences
4 Externallinks

Standardrevisions
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Therehavebeenseveralrevisionsofthestandard,startingwithRelease0
(Rel.0).ThiswaslaterexpandeduponwithRevisionA(Rev.A)tosupport
QualityofService(toimprovelatency)andhigherratesontheforwardlink
andreverselink.Laterin2006RevisionB(Rev.B)waspublished,that
amongotherfeaturesincludestheabilitytobundlemultiplecarriersto
achieveevenhigherratesandlowerlatencies(seeTIA856Rev.Bbelow).
TheupgradefromEVDORev.AtoEVDORev.Binvolvesasoftware
updatetothecellsitemodem,andadditionalequipmentforthenewEV
DOcarriers.Existingcdma2000operatorsmayalsohavetoretunesomeof
theirexisting1xRTTchannelstootherfrequencies,sinceRev.Brequires
allDOcarriersbewithin5MHz.

HuaweiCDMA2000EVDOUSB
wirelessmodem

EVDORel.0(TIA856Release0)
TheinitialdesignofEVDOwasdevelopedbyQualcommin1999tomeet
IMT2000requirementsforagreaterthan2Mbit/sdownlinkforstationary
communications,asopposedtomobilecommunicationsuchasamoving
cellularphone.Initially,thestandardwascalledHighDataRate(HDR),but
wasrenamedto1xEVDOafteritwasratifiedbytheInternational
TelecommunicationUnion(ITU)underthedesignationTIA856.
Originally,1xEVDOstoodfor"1xEvolutionDataOnly",referringtoits
beingadirectevolutionofthe1x(1xRTT)airinterfacestandard,withits
channelscarryingonlydatatraffic.Thetitleofthe1xEVDOstandard
documentis"cdma2000HighRatePacketDataAirInterface
Specification",ascdma2000(lowercase)isanothernameforthe1x
standard,numericallydesignatedasTIA2000.
Later,likelyduetothepossiblenegativeconnotationsoftheword"only",
the"DO"partofthestandard'sname1xEVDOwaschangedtostandfor
"DataOptimized".SoEVDOnowstandsfor"EvolutionDataOptimized."
The1xprefixhasbeendroppedbymanyofthemajorcarriers,andis
marketedsimplyasEVDO.[4]Thisprovidesamoremarketingfriendly
emphasisthatthetechnologywasoptimizedfordata.

ZTECDMA2000EVDOUSB
wirelessmodem

Forwardlinkchannelstructure
TheprimarycharacteristicthatdifferentiatesanEVDOchannelfroma1xRTTchannelisthatitistime
multiplexedontheforwardlink(fromthetowertothemobile).Thismeansthatasinglemobilehasfulluseofthe
forwardtrafficchannelwithinaparticulargeographicarea(asector)duringagivenslotoftime.Usingthis
technique,EVDOisabletomodulateeachuserstimeslotindependently.Thisallowstheserviceofusersthatare
infavorableRFconditionswithverycomplexmodulationtechniqueswhilealsoservingusersinpoorRF
conditionswithsimplerandmoreredundantsignals.[5]
Theforwardchannelisdividedintoslots,eachbeing1.667mslong.Inadditiontousertraffic,overheadchannels
areinterlacedintothestream.TheseincludethePilotwhichhelpsthemobilefindandidentifythechannel,the
MediaAccessChannel(MAC)whichtellsthemobileswhentheirdataisscheduled,andtheControlChannel,
whichcontainsotherinformationthatthenetworkneedsthemobilestoknow.
Themodulationtobeusedtocommunicatewithagivenmobileisdeterminedbythemobileitself.Itlistenstothe
trafficonthechannel,anddependingonthereceivesignalstrengthalongwiththeperceivedmultipathandfading
conditions,makesitsbestguessastowhatdatarateitcansustainwhilemaintainingareasonableframeerrorrate
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