FWA

FWA (fixed wireless access)

Also known as wireless local loop. (Cingular)

Wireless local loop (WLL), also called radio in the loop (RITL) or fixed-radio access (FRA) or fixed-wireless access (FWA), is the use of a wireless communications link as the "last mile" connection for delivering plain old telephone service (POTS) and broadband Internet to telecommunications customers.

Nowdays there are various types of WLL systems.

These are available in Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), IS136 Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) as well as analog access technologies such as Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS), for which there will be independent standards defining every aspect of modulation, protocols, error handling,etc.

Fixed Wireless Terminals or FWT units differ from conventional mobile terminal units operating within cellular networks -such as GSM- in that a fixed wireless terminal or deskphone will be limited to an almost permanent location with almost no roaming or find-me anywhere facilities.