Radio communication service or radiocommunication service is according to Article 1, No. 1.19 of the International Telecommunication Union's Radio Regulations (ITU RR),[1] defined as "a service ... involving the transmission, emission and/or reception of radio waves for specific telecommunication purposes".

Radiocommunication is sub-divided into space and terrestrial radiocommunication. Space radiocommunication is defined in RR Article 1, No. 1.8 as "any radiocommunication involving the use of one or more space stations or the use of one or more reflecting satellites or other objects in space". Terrestrial radiocommunication is defined as "any radiocommunication other than space radiocommunication or radio astronomy".

Types

Section III of Article 1 of the ITU Radio Regulations sets out the definitions of some 40 radio services including such services as the fixed service, the mobile service, the land mobile service, the broadcasting service, the standard frequency and time signal service, various satellite services, as well as the definition of radio astronomy which is defined as "a service involving the use of radio astronomy". The radio astronomy service is not defined as a radiocommunication service, but simply as a service involving the use of radio astronomy.

ITU RR Article[2]
Description Short
1.19Radiocommunication service
1.20Fixed servicefixed
obsolete Aeronautical fixed service
1.21Fixed-satellite serviceFSS
1.22Inter-satellite serviceISS
1.23Space operation serviceSOS
1.24Mobile servicemobile
1.25Mobile-satellite serviceMSS
1.26Land mobile serviceLMS
1.27Land mobile-satellite serviceLMSS
1.28Maritime mobile serviceMMS
1.29Maritime mobile-satellite serviceMMSS
1.30Port operations servicePOS
1.31Ship movement serviceSMS
1.32Aeronautical mobile serviceAMS
1.33Aeronautical mobile (R) service[3]AMS(R)
1.34Aeronautical mobile (OR) service[4]AMS(OR)
1.35Aeronautical mobile-satellite serviceAMSS
1.36Aeronautical mobile-satellite (R) serviceAMS(R)S
1.37Aeronautical mobile-satellite (OR) serviceAMS(OR)S
1.38Broadcasting serviceBS
1.39Broadcasting-satellite serviceBSS
1.40Radiodetermination serviceRDS
1.41Radiodetermination-satellite serviceDRSS
1.42Radionavigation serviceRNS
1.43Radionavigation-satellite serviceRNSS
1.44Maritime radionavigation serviceMRNS
1.45Maritime radionavigation-satellite serviceMRNSS
1.46Aeronautical radionavigation serviceARNS
1.47Aeronautical radionavigation-satellite serviceARNSS
1.48Radiolocation serviceRLS
1.49Radiolocation-satellite serviceRLSS
1.50Meteorological aids service
1.51Earth exploration-satellite serviceEESS
1.52Meteorological-satellite service
1.53Standard frequency and time signal serviceSFTS
1.54Standard frequency and time signal-satellite serviceSFTSS
1.55Space research serviceSRS
1.56Amateur serviceAmateur
1.57Amateur-satellite serviceAmateur-satellite
1.58Radio astronomy serviceRAS
1.59Safety service
1.60Special radio service

Sub-sets of services and branches

Some services are a sub-set of another service. For example, the land mobile service can be thought of as a branch of the mobile service which encompasses the land, maritime and aeronautical mobile services. For many terrestrial radiocommunication communication services, there is a parallel space radiocommunication service e.g., the broadcasting service and the broadcasting-satellite service.

Further sub-sets of some of these internationally defined services are often created at the national level. For example, within the land mobile service, a country may choose to define such services as paging, dispatch two-way radio service, cellular mobile telephone service, trunked mobile radio service, etc. Many of these definitions are based upon the nature of the service being provided rather than the international concept of a radiocommunication service. In other words, the term "service" can be used in these two different ways. No matter what definitions are adopted in a given country, with some specific exceptions which are allowed for in the ITU RRs, the use of the spectrum must fit in with the international definitions of radio services.

References

  1. ITU Radio Regulations, Article 1, Section III – Radio services, No. 1.19, definition: Radiocommunication service
  2. International Telecommunication Union
  3. (R) – abbreviation to route flights (route)
  4. (OR) – abbreviation to flights others than on routes (off-route)
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