Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “apparatus” means wireless telegraphy apparatus;

• “baseline” means the baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial waters under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea^f1;

• “dBi” means decibels of power referenced to the gain of an isotrope antenna;

• “dBm” means decibels of power referenced to one milliWatt;

• “ETSI” means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;

• “GSM system” means an electronic communications network that complies with the GSM standards EN 301 502^f2 and EN 301 511^f3 published by ETSI;

• “kHz” means kilohertz;

• “LTE system” means an electronic communications network that complies with the LTE standards EN 301 908–1^f4, EN 301 908–13^f5 and EN 301 908–14^f6 published by ETSI;

• “MHz” means megahertz;

• “mobile communication services on board ships” mean electronic communications services provided by an undertaking to enable persons on board a ship to communicate via public electronic communications networks using a GSM system, LTE system or UMTS system without establishing direct connections with electronic communications networks based on land;

• “public electronic communications network” has the meaning given to it by section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003^f7;

• “quality criteria” mean the values broadcast by a ship base transceiver station specifying the minimum required received signal level in the cell (as expressed in dBm) required for access by the apparatus to that cell;

• “selection timer” means the values set by a ship base transceiver station relating to the frequency of which the apparatus seeks to establish direct connections with a public electronic communications network based on land (also known as the Public Land Mobile Network selection timer);

• “ship base transceiver station” means a mobile picocell located on a ship supporting mobile communication services on board ships;

• “signal” has the meaning given to it by section 32(10) of the Communications Act 2003;

• “the 900 MHz band” means the 880–915 MHz frequency band (for the uplink from the apparatus to the ship base transceiver station) and the 925–960 MHz frequency band (for the downlink from the ship base transceiver station to the apparatus);

• “the 1800 MHz band” means the 1710–1785 MHz frequency band (for the uplink from the apparatus to the ship base transceiver station) and the 1805–1880 MHz frequency band (for the downlink from the ship base transceiver station to the apparatus);

• “the 1900/2100 MHz band” means the 1920–1980 MHz frequency band (for the uplink from the apparatus to the ship base transceiver station) and the 2110–2170 MHz frequency band (for the downlink from the ship base transceiver station to the apparatus);

• “the 2600 MHz band” means the 2500–2570 MHz frequency band (for the uplink from the apparatus to the ship base transceiver station) and the 2620–2690 MHz frequency band (for the downlink from the ship base transceiver station to the apparatus);

• “timing advance parameter” means the values set by a ship base transceiver station relating to the parameter needed to calculate the delay in the conveyance of signals transmitted from the ship base transceiver station to the apparatus;

• “UMTS system” means an electronic communications network that complies with the UMTS standards EN 301 908–1, EN 301 908–2^f8 and EN 301 908–3^f9 published by ETSI; and

• “user inactivity release timer” means the values set by a ship base transceiver station relating to the duration in which it will determine the apparatus as being inactive when no signals are transmitted between the ship base transceiver station and the apparatus (also known as the Radio Resource Control user inactivity release timer).