3.1.10 Wireless Convergence Technologies

The CTP+ exam requires that you understand two wireless telephony solutions used in converged environments. The first is the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) standard and the second is the Personal Wireless Telephone (PWT) standard. Both standards are covered in this section.

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT)

DECT is primarily a European standard and it was developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). It defines operations for digital portable or wireless phones. DECT phones may be used for enterprise telephony solutions, and they may even support data transfer. They include a base station and one or more handsets. DECT base stations support a maximum of 12 concurrent call connections.