L band, the Glossary
The L band is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) designation for the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum from 1 to 2 gigahertz (GHz).[1]
Table of Contents
47 relations: Advanced Wireless Services, Amateur radio, Amateur radio satellite, AMSAT, Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast, Band III, BeiDou, D band (NATO), Digital Audio Broadcasting, Digital multimedia broadcasting, Digital radio, DVB-H, DVB-SH, DVB-T2, European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations, Frequency, Galileo (satellite navigation), Global Positioning System, GLONASS, Hertz, High Speed Packet Access, Hydrogen line, Hydroxyl radical, In-band on-channel, Inmarsat, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Telecommunication Union, Iridium Communications, Ligado Networks, LTE Advanced, Metre, Microwave, Mobile radio, Personal Communications Service, Radio astronomy, Radio spectrum, Satellite radio, Secondary surveillance radar, Smartphone, Telemetry, Territories of the United States, Thuraya, Ultra high frequency, United States, United States Armed Forces, 1worldspace, 23-centimeter band.
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Advanced Wireless Services
Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) is a wireless telecommunications spectrum band used for mobile voice and data services, video, and messaging.
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Amateur radio
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications.
Amateur radio satellite
An amateur radio satellite is an artificial satellite built and used by amateur radio operators.
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AMSAT
AMSAT is a name for various amateur radio satellite organizations worldwide.
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Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast
Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) is an aviation surveillance technology and form of electronic conspicuity in which an aircraft (or other airborne vehicles such as drones approved to fit "ADS-B Out") determines its position via satellite navigation or other sensors and periodically broadcasts its position and other related data, enabling it to be tracked.
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Band III
Band III is the name of the range of radio frequencies within the very high frequency (VHF) part of the electromagnetic spectrum from 174 to 240 megahertz (MHz).
BeiDou
The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned and operated by the China National Space Administration.
D band (NATO)
The NATO D band is the obsolete designation given to the radio frequencies from 1.0 to 2.0 GHz (equivalent to wavelengths between 30 and 15 cm) during the cold war period. L band and d band (NATO) are Microwave bands.
Digital Audio Broadcasting
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio radio services in many countries around the world, defined, supported, marketed and promoted by the WorldDAB organisation.
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Digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) is a digital radio transmission technology developed in South Korea as part of the national IT project for sending multimedia such as TV, radio and datacasting to mobile devices such as mobile phones, laptops and GPS navigation systems.
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Digital radio
Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit or receive across the radio spectrum.
DVB-H
DVB-H (digital video broadcasting - handheld) is one of three prevalent mobile TV formats.
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DVB-SH
DVB-SH ("Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds") is a physical layer standard for delivering IP based media content and data to handheld terminals such as mobile phones or PDAs, based on a hybrid satellite/terrestrial downlink and for example a GPRS uplink. L band and DVB-SH are satellite broadcasting.
DVB-T2
DVB-T2 is an abbreviation for "Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial"; it is the extension of the television standard DVB-T, issued by the consortium DVB, devised for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television.
European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was established on June 26, 1959, by nineteen European states in Montreux, Switzerland, as a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal organizations.
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Frequency
Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
Galileo (satellite navigation)
Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union through the European Space Agency (ESA), operated by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), headquartered in Prague, Czechia, with two ground operations centres in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, mostly responsible for the control of the satellites, and in Fucino, Italy, mostly responsible for providing the navigation data.
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Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
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GLONASS
GLONASS (label,; t) is a Russian satellite navigation system operating as part of a radionavigation-satellite service.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
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High Speed Packet Access
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols—High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)—that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols.
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Hydrogen line
The hydrogen line, 21 centimeter line, or H I line is a spectral line that is created by a change in the energy state of solitary, electrically neutral hydrogen atoms.
Hydroxyl radical
The hydroxyl radical, •HO, is the neutral form of the hydroxide ion (HO–).
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In-band on-channel
In-band on-channel (IBOC) is a hybrid method of transmitting digital radio and analog radio broadcast signals simultaneously on the same frequency.
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Inmarsat
Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global mobile services.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) professional association for electronics engineering, electrical engineering, and other related disciplines.
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International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies.
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Iridium Communications
Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States.
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Ligado Networks
Ligado Networks, formerly known as LightSquared, is an American satellite communications company.
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LTE Advanced
LTE Advanced (LTE+, LTE-A; on Samsung Galaxy and Xiaomi phones — 4G+) is a mobile communication standard and a major enhancement of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard.
Metre
The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).
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Microwave
Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than other radio waves (as originally discovered) but longer than infrared waves.
Mobile radio
Mobile radio or mobiles refer to wireless communications systems and devices which are based on radio frequencies (using commonly UHF or VHF frequencies), and where the path of communications is movable on either end.
Personal Communications Service
A personal communications service (PCS) is set of communications capabilities that provide a combination of terminal mobility, personal mobility, and service profile management.
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Radio astronomy
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies.
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Radio spectrum
The radio spectrum is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies from 3 Hz to 3,000 GHz (3 THz).
Satellite radio
Satellite radio is defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s ITU Radio Regulations (RR) as a broadcasting-satellite service. L band and Satellite radio are satellite broadcasting.
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Secondary surveillance radar
Secondary surveillance radar (SSR)Secondary Surveillance Radar, Stevens M.C. Artech House, is a radar system used in air traffic control (ATC), that unlike primary radar systems that measure the bearing and distance of targets using the detected reflections of radio signals, relies on targets equipped with a radar transponder, that reply to each interrogation signal by transmitting encoded data such as an identity code, the aircraft's altitude and further information depending on its chosen mode.
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Smartphone
A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.
Telemetry
Telemetry is the in situ collection of measurements or other data at remote points and their automatic transmission to receiving equipment (telecommunication) for monitoring.
Territories of the United States
Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States.
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Thuraya
Thuraya (الثريا, Gulf Arabic pron.:; from the Arabic name for the constellation of the Pleiades, Thurayya) is a United Arab Emirates-based regional mobile-satellite service (MSS) provider.
Ultra high frequency
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 (one decimeter).
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
United States Armed Forces
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States.
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1worldspace
1worldspace, known for most of its existence simply as WorldSpace, is a defunct satellite radio network that in its heyday provided service to over 170,000 subscribers in eastern, southern and northern Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia with 96% coming from India.
23-centimeter band
The 23 centimeter, 1200 MHz or 1.2 GHz band is a portion of the UHF (microwave) radio spectrum internationally allocated to amateur radio and amateur satellite use on a secondary basis.
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See also
Microwave bands
- C band (IEEE)
- C band (NATO)
- D band (NATO)
- Deep space bands
- Educational Broadband Service
- H band (NATO)
- I band (NATO)
- K band (IEEE)
- K band (NATO)
- Ka band
- Ku band
- L band
- Multichannel multipoint distribution service
- Q band
- S band
- U band
- Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
- V band
- W band
- X band
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_band
Also known as IEEE L band, L band (IEEE), L-Band.