1xEV Overview

QUALCOMM continues to lead the industry with the development of a versatile

wireless internet solution: High Data Rate (HDR), a cost effective, high-speed, high-
capacity wireless technology. The HDR system is optimized for packet data services,
with a flexible architecture based on IP protocols. HDR can overlay an existing
wireless network or work as a stand-alone system. HDR unleashes Internet access
by providing up to 2.4 Mbps in a standard bandwidth 1.25 MHz channel that is
unprecedented in systems capable of fixed, portable and mobile services.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently adopted a specification

based on HDR, know as TIA/EIA/IS-856 "CDMA2000, High Rate Packet Data Air
Interface Specification". This is also known as 1xEV. The 1xEV specification was
developed by the Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2), a partnership
consisting of five telecomnunications standards bodies: CWTS in China, ARIB and
TTC in Japan, TTA in Korea and TIA in North America. QUALCOMM is pleased to have
HDR move forward as 1xEV, part of the CDMA2000 technology family.

QUALCOMM will support the capabilties of 1xEV with chipset and system software
solutions for device and infrastructure equipment. QUALCOMM's device offerings
provide manufacturers with the most advanced, feature-rich solutions available for
high-speed wireless Internet services and support both 1XRTT and 1xEV modes of
CDMA2000. Chipset and system software samples are expected to be available in the
second quarter of 2001 with production quantities expected in the third quarter of
2001.

The 1xEV technology is so versatile it can be embedded in handsets, laptops,

notebooks and other fixed, portable and mobile devices. It can support e-mail, web
browsing, e-commerce, telematics and many other applications. Imagine using your
laptop to download office files while waiting between planes.

That's just part of what 1xEV offers:

• Air link provides up to 2.4 Mbps in a dedicated 1.25 MHz channel

• Packet data design results in greatest spectral efficiency
• Flexible, IP-based architecture enables multiple implementation methods
• Compatible with existing CDMA Networks
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Operator Benefits

• 1xEV is so flexible, it can be deployed as a stand-alone system, side-by-side

with an existing or future voice system, or integrated into a current CDMA
voice system. And because it installs easily using off-the-shelf retail
components, consumers can set up the technology themselves, allowing
operators to reduce costly, on-site service.
• 1xEV is the technology that helps you deliver high-performing, more cost-
effective wireless data services to customer around the world.
• The 1xEV technology is compatible with CDMA voice systems and allows for
side-by-side deployment to complement existing cellular/PCS networks.
Because 1xEV can share cell sites, towers and antennas of these networks,
you'll be able to deploy it more rapidly and get more out of the system you
already have.

Consumer Benefits

• The 1xEV technology is so versatile, it can be embedded in handsets, laptop

and notebook computers and other fixed, portable or mobile devices. It can
also support e-mail, web browsing, e-commerce, telematics and many other
applications.
• Consumers will love the anywhere, anytime access to e-mail, calendar, files,
and other information that 1xEV provides. They'll also enjoy high-speed
secure data service, untethered access, convenient "always on" experience,
rapid connect time of less than .5 seconds, no external antennas necessary,
accommodates dual-mode voice/data service.

Air Link
HDR's highly efficient Air Link design achieves the type of data rates and
performance levels you would only expect to see in next-generation technologies.
Whether you are using fixed, portable or mobile applications.

Optimized Throughput

• Use of a single 1.25 MHz channel optimized for packet data results in greatest
spectral efficiency
• Peak data rate of 2.4 Mbps on the forward link and 307 kbps on the reverse
link provides unprecedented speed
• Average throughput on a loaded sector is an estimated 600 kbps on the
forward link and 220 kbps on the reverse link
• Dynamically assigned data rate adjusts as rapidly as every 1.67 mSec,
providing every subscriber with the best possible rate at any given moment

Separation of Voice and Data

• HDR's approach places data and voice on separate carriers allows better
optimization for each, therefore higher capacity for each
• Simplifies system software development and testing
• Eases system operation and maintenance
• Avoids difficult load-balancing tasks
• Ideal data design complements existing and future voice networks
• Dual-mode device can be integrated to provide optimum voice and data
services

Architecture
HDR's flexible, IP-based architecture lets you implement this wireless data system in
multiple, high-performance and cost-effective ways:

Voice Network Compatible

Decentralized/Integrated
option allows for side-
by-side deployment to
complement existing
cellular/PCS networks.
Because HDR can share
cell sites, towers and
antennas of these
networks, you'll be able
to deploy more rapidly
and get more out of the
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system you already
have.

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Stand-alone System
Decentralized option allows for stand-alone system deployment using off-the-shelf-IP
backbone equipment.
Centralized option lets
you go beyond sharing
cell sites to integrate
HDR in the traditional
architecture of existing
and future IS-95 CDMA
cellular systems while
still providing your
customers with optimum
voice and data service.
This approach
incorporates multi-
carrier BTS which uses
HDR as the Air Link for
packet data services
while using a traditional
cellular technology for
voice.