Powered via the PC card slot i.e. uses portable PC battery
Antenna
50 ohm interface; Antenna supplied
Ambient Temperatures
Operating
0 to 55 degrees C
Storage
-20 to 65 degrees C
Electrical Characteristics
Supported Voltages
3.3V ± 10%
4.75-5.25V
Nominal Operating Voltage
3.6V
5.0V
Standby Current
4.2mA
4.2mA
Standby Power Consumption (no PDP context active)
13.8mW
21.0mW
Idle current (9/2 multiframe paging period) (PDP context active)
5.0mA/7.6mA
5.0mA/7.6mA
Idle power (9/2 multiframe)
16.5mW/25mW
25mW/38mW
Maximum Current
800mA
800mA
Maximum Power Consumption
2W
3W
Operating System Support
Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows - 2000
Microsoft Windows - XP
Minimum PC Specification
Processor size as recommended by Microsoft for the version of Windows in use
30 MB free disk space
Current Consumption
Current Consumption
Standby
Switched on but not making a call and not attached to GPRS Current Consumption
< 5 mA
Idle
Connected to the Internet using GPRS, in an `always connected' state with
no data flowing Current Consumption < 8 ma
Transmitting (Max)
Maximum power output, GSM900
Current Consumption < 800 ma
GSM Performance and
technical characteristics
Dimension
GSM 900/
E-GSM 900
GSM 1800
GSM 1900
Frequency Range
TX: 880 - 914 MHz
RX: 925 - 959 MHz
TX: 1710 - 1785 MHz
RX: 1805 - 1880 MHz
TX: 1850 - 1910 MHz
RX: 1930 - 1990 MHz
Channel Spacing
200 kHz
200 kHz
200 kHz
Number of Channels
175 Carriers * 8 (TDMA)
374 Carriers * 8 (TDMA)
299 Carriers * 8 (TDMA)
Modulation
GMSK
GMSK
GMSK
TX Phase Accuracy
5 degrees (RMS)
20 degrees (Peak)
5 degrees (RMS)
20 degrees (Peak)
5 degrees (RMS)
20 degrees (Peak)
Duplex spacing
45 MHz
95 MHz
80 MHz
Frequency Stability
0.1ppm
0.1ppm
0.1ppm
Transmitter RF Power Output
33 dBm Class 4
2 W peak
30 dBm Class 1
1 W peak
30 dBm Class 1
1 W peak
Transmitter Output Impedance
50 Ω
50 Ω
50 Ω
Transmitter Spurious Emission
According to GSM spec
According to GSM spec
According to GSM spec
Receiver RF Level
-102 dBm
-102 dBm
-102 dBm
Receiver RX Bit Error Rate
<= 10 -4 (Static Ch.)
<= 3% (EQ50 ch)
<= 10 -4 (Static Ch.)
<= 3% (EQ50 ch)
<= 10 -4 (Static Ch.)
<= 3% (EQ50 ch)
GSM Features Supported
ME SIM Lock
Yes
SIM Application Toolkit
Class 2 without call control.
USSD
Support is provided via AT commands; No MMI is provided
Speech Coding
Not applicable (Dell TrueMobile 5100 Tri-band GPRS PC Card does not
support speech services)
GPRS technical data
Data Rates
Multislot class 10 supported
See table below
Mode of Operation
Class B (attaches to both GSM and GPRS at the same time; data connection
is established using CS (CSD/HSCSD) or GPRS) The user may select CSD,
HSCSD or GPRS modes.
GPRS Specification SMG
SMG31bis
R Reference Point
Physical layer: RS232 virtual COM port
Authentication mechanisms PAP and CHAP supported
IP Connectivity
PDP type IP is supported
IPv4, terminated in Windows DUN
SMS over GPRS
Mobile Originated and Mobile Terminated
QoS
Support for all 4 classes, details to be confirmed.
PDP Context
Up to 10 PDP Context descriptions stored in Dell TrueMobile 5100 Tri-band
GPRS PC Card memory
PDP Context description edited via supplied Wizard or AT-command
Simultaneous PDP contexts not supported
Network initiated PDP context activation
SIM
Support for GPRS aware as well as non-GPRS-aware SIMs
TCP/IP Header Compression
Compression
V42bis
Support also required in GSM network
GPRS Encryption
GEA1
GEA2
Support also required in GSM network
GPRS Frequency Hopping
Supported
GPRS IP allocation
Dynamic
Static
GPRS Maximum Data Rates
CS-1
9.05 kbps
CS-2
13.4 kbps
CS-3
15.6 kbps
CS-4
21.4 kbps
4 + 1
RX
36.2
53.6
62.4
85.6
TX
9.05
13.4
15.6
21.4
3 + 2
RX
27.15
40.2
46.8
64.2
TX
18.1
26.8
31.2
42.8
Note: Speed achieved depends on the Coding Scheme supported by the
GSM Network. The speeds given are maximums, Dell cannot guarantee how fast your
network will operate.
