A Layman's Guide to Radio Communications

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A Layman's Guide to Radio Communications
VHF/UHF and Digital/Analogue Radio Concepts
Strategic Planning & Project Initiation Radio communications
Dale: 8 Jan 2010
Version: 1.1



Contents

1 Summary description

2 Radio Communications
2.1 Radio Technology Basics
2.2 Spectrum
2.2.1 HF
2.2.2 VHF
2.2.3 UHF
2.2.4 Comparison
2.3 Modulating Radio Communications
2.3.1 Description of Properties
2.3.2 Major Advantages and Disadvantages of Analog and Digital Radio
2.3.3 Voice or Data
2.3.4 Conventional Radio
2.3.5 Trunked Radio
2.4 Radio Communications Design Issues
2.4.1 Radio Link Budget Analysis
2.4.2 Propagation Modelling

3 Government Applications & Policy Issues
3.1 Private Mobile Radio
3.2 Government PMR Networks
3.2.1 VHF Networks
3.2.2 UHF Networks
3.3 Mobile GSM/3G Services for Emergency Services Use

4 Summary

5 Document information

6 Annex A - Radio Communications Technical Terminology

7 Annex B - Radio Communications Standards
7.1.1 Open Non-Proprietary Standards System
7.1.2 Proprietary System
7.2 Non-Proprietary Standards
7.2.1 MPT1327
7.2.2 APCO P25
7.2.3 TETRA
7.2.4 DMR
7.3 Radio Technology Standards - Proprietary
7.3.1 MOTOTRBO
7.3.2 EDACS
7.3.3 ASTRO

8 Annex C - Victorian Emergency Services Networks
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Statenet Mobile Radio
8.3 Emergency Alerting System
8.4 Metropolitan Mobile Radio
8.5 Mobile Data Network