WWAN, which stands for Wireless Wide Area Network, is a form of wireless network. A WWAN differs from a WLAN (e.g. wireless LAN) since it uses cellular network technologies such as GPRS/CDMA2000 to transfer data. Wireless networks are telephone or computer networks that use radio as their carrier or physical layer. ... A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a local area, like a home, office or small group of buildings such as a college. ... A cellular network is a radio network made up of a number of radio cells (or just cells) each served by a fixed transmitter, normally known as a (base station). ... General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. ... CDMA2000 is a 3G mobile telecommunications standard that uses CDMA, a multiple access scheme for digital radio, to send voice, data and signaling data (such as a dialed telephone number) between mobile telephones and cell sites. ...

Various computers now have integrated WWAN capabilities. This means that the system has a cellular radio (GSM/CDMA) built in, which allows the user to send and receive data. Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... General Information Generically (as a multiplexing scheme), code division multiple access (CDMA) is any use of any form of spread spectrum by multiple transmitters to send to the same receiver on the same frequency channel at the same time without harmful interference. ...

External links

• What is a wireless wide area network? - ICT Advice
• Wide-Area Wireless Computing - Network Computing
• Sony WWAN Equipped Laptop - Toms Hardware