
Land mobile service (short: LMS) is – in line to
ITU Radio Regulations
The ITU Radio Regulations (short: RR) is a basic document of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that regulates on law of nations scale radiocommunication services and the utilisation of radio frequencies. It is the supplementation ...
– a
mobile service
Mobile service is – in line to ITU Radio Regulations – a radiocommunication service between mobile and land stations, or between mobile stations (CV).
Classification
In accordance with ''ITU Radio Regulations'' (article 1) variations of thi ...
between base stations and land mobile stations, or between land mobile stations.
In accordance with ''ITU Radio Regulations'' (article 1) variations of this ''radiocommunication service'' are classified as follows:
Mobile service
Mobile service is – in line to ITU Radio Regulations – a radiocommunication service between mobile and land stations, or between mobile stations (CV).
Classification
In accordance with ''ITU Radio Regulations'' (article 1) variations of thi ...
(article 1.24)
*Land mobile service (article 1.26)
**
Land mobile-satellite service
Land mobile-satellite service (short: LMSS; also: Land mobile-satellite radiocommunication service') is – according to ''Article 1.27'' of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR) – defined as ''«A mobile-s ...
(article 1.27)
Frequency allocation
The allocation of radio frequencies is provided according to ''Article 5'' of the ITU Radio Regulations (edition 2012).
In order to improve harmonisation in spectrum utilisation, the majority of service-allocations stipulated in this document were incorporated in national Tables of Frequency Allocations and Utilisations which is with-in the responsibility of the appropriate national administration. The allocation might be primary, secondary, exclusive, and shared.
*primary allocation: is indicated by writing in capital letters
*secondary allocation: is indicated by small letters (see example below)
*exclusive or shared utilization: is within the responsibility of administrations
However, military usage, in bands where there is civil usage, will be in accordance with the ITU Radio Regulations. In NATO countries military land mobile utilizations will be in accordance with the
NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement (NJFA).
FCC LMR Narrowbanding Mandate
LMR Narrowbanding is the result of an FCC Order issued in December 2004 mandating that all CFR 47 Part 90 business, educational, industrial, public safety, and state and local government
VHF (150-174 MHz) and
UHF
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter ...
(421-470 MHz)
Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) licensees operating legacy wideband (25 kHz bandwidth) voice or data/
SCADA
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a control system architecture comprising computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level supervision of machines and processes. It also covers sensors an ...
systems to migrate to narrowband (12.5 kHz bandwidth or equivalent) systems by January 1, 2013.
See also
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Business Radio Service
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Land mobile radio system
A land mobile radio system (LMRS) is a person-to-person voice communication system consisting of two-way radio transceivers (an audio transmitter and receiver in one unit) which can be stationary (base station units), mobile (installed in vehicle ...
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Narrowband
Narrowband signals are signals that occupy a narrow range of frequencies or that have a small fractional bandwidth. In the audio spectrum, narrowband sounds are sounds that occupy a narrow range of frequencies. In telephony, narrowband is us ...
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Forest Industries Telecommunications
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Radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...
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Radiocommunication service
Radio communication service or radiocommunication service is according to Article 1.19 of the International Telecommunication Union's Radio Regulations (ITU RR),ITU Radio Regulations, Section III – Radio services, Article 1.19, definition: R ...
References
External links
FCC: Public Safety Radio Service*
ttp://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=service_home&id=private_land_radio FCC: Private Land Mobile Radio Narrowbanding Information, Updates, and Licensee Resources
Mobile services ITU
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