Spectral Efficiency – Comparison table Spectral efficiency of common communication systems. Service Standard Launched year Max. net bitrate R per carrier per one spatial stream (Mbit/s) BandwidthB per carrier (MHz) Max. link spectral efficiency R/B ((bit/s)/Hz) Typicalreuse factor 1/K System spectral efficiency (R/B)/K ((bit/s)/Hz per site) SISO MIMO 1G cellular NMT 450 modem 1981 0.0012 0.025 0.45 N/A 1⁄7 0.064 1G cellular AMPS modem 1983 0.0003[2] 0.030 0.001 N/A 1⁄7[3] 0.0015 2G cellular GSM 1991 0.013 × 8 timeslots = 0.104 0.2 0.52 N/A 1⁄9 (1⁄3[4] in 1999) 0.17[4] (in 1999) 2G cellular D-AMPS 1991 0.013 × 3 timeslots = 0.039 0.030 1.3 N/A 1⁄9 (1⁄3[4] in 1999) 0.45[4] (in 1999) 2.75G cellular CDMA2000 1× voice 2000 0.0096 per phone call × 22 calls 1.2288 0.0078 per call N/A 1 0.172 (fully loaded) 2.75G cellular GSM + EDGE 2003 0.384 (typ. 0.20) 0.2 1.92 (typ. 1.00) N/A 1⁄3 0.33[4] 2.75G cellular IS-136HS + EDGE 0.384 (typ. 0.27) 0.200 1.92 (typ. 1.35) N/A 1⁄3 0.45[4] 3G cellular WCDMA FDD 2001 0.384 5 0.077 N/A 1 0.51 3G cellular CDMA2000 1x PD 2002 0.153 1.2288 0.125 N/A 1 0.1720 (fully loaded) 3G cellular CDMA2000 1×EV-DO Rev.A 2002 3.072 1.2288 2.5 N/A 1 1.3 Fixed WiMAX IEEE 802.16d 2004 96 20 4.8 1⁄4 1.2 3.5G cellular HSDPA 2007 21.1 5 4.22 1 4.22 4G MBWA iBurst HC-SDMA 2005 3.9 0.625 7.23 [5] 1 7.23 4G cellular LTE 2009 81.6 20 4.08 16.32 (4×4)[6] 1 16.32 4G cellular LTE-Advanced 2013[7] 75 20 3.75 30.00 (8×8)[6] 1 30 Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11a/g 2003 54 20 2.7 1⁄3 0.900 Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 2007 72.2 (short GI) 20 3.61 1⁄3 1.2 Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11ac Draft 3.0 2012 433.3 (short GI) 80 5.42 WiGig IEEE 802.11ad 2013 6756 2160 3 1⁄3 1 TETRA ETSI 1998 4 timeslots = 0.036 0.025 1.44 N/A Digital radio DAB 1995 0.576 to 1.152 1.712 0.34 to 0.67 N/A 1⁄5 0.08 to 0.17 Digital radio DAB with SFN 1995 0.576 to 1.152 1.712 0.34 to 0.67 N/A 1 0.34 to 0.67 Digital TV DVB-T 1997 31.67 (typ. 22.0) 8 4.0 (typ. 2.8) N/A 1⁄5 0.55 Digital TV DVB-T with SFN 1996 31.67 (typ. 22.0) 8 4.0 (typ. 2.8) N/A 1 4.0 (typ. 2.8) Digital TV DVB-H 2007 5.5 to 11 8 0.68 to 1.4 N/A 1⁄5 0.14 to 0.28 Digital TV DVB-H with SFN 2007 5.5 to 11 8 0.68 to 1.4 N/A 1 0.68 to 1.4 Digital cable TV DVB-C 256-QAMmode 38 6 6.33 N/A N/A N/A Broadband modem ADSL2 downlink 12 0.962 12.47 N/A N/A N/A Broadband modem ADSL2+ downlink 28 2.109 13.59 N/A N/A N/A Telephone modem V.92 downlink 1999 0.056 0.004 14.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A means not applicable.