Airborne Wireless Sensor Networks for Airplane Monitoring System

Table 3

The overview of all aeronautical spectrum bands and their services.

Band	Frequency	Service
HF	3–30 MHz	A/G communication system, A/A communication system
VHF	117.95–137 MHz	A/G communication system, satellite-based aeronautical communication system
L-Band	960–1215 MHz; 1350–1400 MHz	A/G communication system, Extended Squitter (ES) signals, and AWSN
X-Band	10 GHz	Satellite-based aeronautical communication system
Ku-Band	14.4–14.3 GHz; 15.15–15.35 GHz
Ka-Band	26–40 GHz
S-Band	2.2–3.4 GHz	AWSN, WAIC
C-Band	4.2–4.5 GHz; 5.0–5.15 GHz	WAIC, Radio Altimeters; WAIC
C-Band	5.091–5.15 GHz	Airport surface applications, WAIC.