Mobile earth station
Mobile earth station (also: mobile earth radio station) is – according to Article 1.68 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)[1] – defined as "An earth station in the mobile-satellite service intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points."
Each station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily.
- See also
Classification
[edit]In accordance with ITU Radio Regulations (article 1) this type of radio station might be classified as follows:
Earth station (article 1.63)
- Mobile earth station
- Land earth station (article 1.70) of the fixed-satellite service (article 1.21) or mobile-satellite service
- Land mobile earth station (article 1.74) of the land mobile-satellite service (article 1.27)
- Base earth station (article 1.72) of the fixed-satellite service
- Coast earth station (article 1.76) of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service
- Ship earth station (article 1.78) of the mobile-satellite service
- Aeronautical earth station (article 1.82) of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service
- Aircraft earth station (article 1.84) of the aeronautical mobile-satellite service (article 1.32)
References / sources
[edit]- ^ ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.68, definition: mobile earth station / mobile earth radio station
