Base earth station

Base earth station (also: base earth radio station) is – according to article 1.72 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.72, definition: base earth station / base earth radio station – defined as "An earth station in the fixed-satellite service or, in some cases, in the land mobile-satellite service, located at a specified fixed point or within a specified area on land to provide a feeder link for the land mobile-satellite service."

Each station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily. See also

Classification 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 (article 1.68) of the mobile-satellite service (article 1.25) 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 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 / aeronautical mobile-satellite service (article 1.35) Aircraft earth station (article 1.84) of the aeronautical mobile-satellite service

References / sources

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)