Despite the advancement of 4G networks many regions of the planet have only 2G coverage. The 2G cellular standard GSM and its packet data enhancements (GPRS and EDGE) is by far the most widely deployed cellular standard in human history and is still being actively deployed today. The dashed throughput can only be achieved with 2 receive antennas.
For GPRS and EDGE a multislot class of 12 (4 timeslots) is assumed whereas for Evolved EDGE multislot class 45 (6 timeslots) is assumed. The throughput evolution of 2G cellular standards.
