The present document applies to Mobile Earth Stations (MESs), except aeronautical mobile earth stations, which have
the following characteristics:
- The MES are operating in one or more frequency ranges of the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS):
- 10,70 GHz to 11,70 GHz (space to earth);
- 12,50 GHz to 12,75 GHz (space to earth);
- 14,00 GHz to 14,25 GHz (earth to space).
Because the transmissions from the MES to the Satellite in the 14,00 GHz to 14,25 GHz band fall under a secondary
allocation, the transmissions should not cause harmful interference to primary services (e.g. the Fixed Satellite Service
(FSS)) and at the same time cannot claim protection from harmful interference from those services.
- The MES may be either:
- a Land Mobile Earth Station (LMES) radio equipment; and/or
- a Maritime Mobile Earth Station (MMES) radio equipment not providing those distress and safety functions
required by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
- These LMESs could be either vehicle mounted or portable equipment.
- These MMESs are installable equipment on ships.
- The MES could consist of a number of modules including a keyboard interface to the user.
- The MES use linear polarization.
- The MES operate through a geostationary satellite at least 3° away from any other geostationary satellite
operating in the same frequency band and covering the same area.
- The antenna of the MES may be omnidirectional or directional with a means of tracking the satellite.
- The MES are operating as part of a satellite network used for the distribution and/or exchange of information
between users.
- The MES are controlled and monitored by a Network Control Facility (NCF). The NCF is outside the scope of
the present document.
The present document applies to the MES with its ancillary equipment and its various terrestrial ports, and when
operated within the boundary limits of the operational environmental profile (...abbreviated)