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Differentiate between paging system and cordless telephone system. (any four points)
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Sr. No. | Parameter | Paging system | cordless telephone system. |
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1 | Coverage Range | Since paging covers a limited range of 2 to 5 km | Typical second generation base stations provide coverage range up to a few hundred meters. |
2 | Operation | Paging system transmits the message known as page along with paging system access number throughout the service area using base station on a radio link. | Early cordless telephones operate solely as extension telephones to a transreciever connected to a subscriber line on the PSTN but modern cordless telephones are sometimes combined with paging receivers so that a subscriber may first be paged and then respond to the page using the cordless telephone |
3 | System requiremen t | PSTN, paging control center satellite links and paging receivers. Though paging receivers are simple and inexpensive, the transmission system required is quite sophisticated. | Cordless Telephone Systems are systems that use radio to connect aportable handset to a dedicated base station, which is also connected to a dedicated telephone line with a specific telephone number on PSTN. |
4 | Application s | Pager is most useful option of one way communication and provides value added services such as sports line, news line, helpline, bilingual paging and intercity paging. | Cordless telephone system includes residential cordless setups, public telepoint systems and wireless PBX and key systems. |
5 | Communic ation System | Simplex | Full Duplex |