What is GPRS

GPRS is the abbreviation of General Packet Radio Service technology. It is a mobile data service available to GSM mobile phone users and belongs to the data transmission technology in second-generation mobile communications.

Mobile communication technology has developed at a rapid pace from the first generation of analog communication systems to the second generation of digital communication systems, and later to 3G, 4G, and 5G. Among the second generation mobile communication technologies, GSM is the most widely used.

GPRS superimposes a network that supports high-speed packet data on the basis of the original GSM network, providing users with WAP browsing (browsing Internet pages), E-mail and other functions, promoting the first leap development of mobile data services. It achieves the perfect combination of mobile communication technology and data communication technology (especially Internet technology).

Extended information:

GPRS network is a bearer network that exists under the application layer. It is used to carry data services such as IP or X.25. Since GPRS itself adopts the IP data network structure, the IP application procedure structure based on the GPRS network can be understood as a two-layer IP structure, namely the application-level IP protocol and the GPRS system itself using the IP protocol.

If there is no GPRS support and you are roaming on the Internet, and there is a call coming in at this time, in most cases you have to disconnect and then answer the incoming call, and then dial back to the Internet after the call is completed. With GPRS, this conflict can be easily resolved.

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