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EA:  COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 248

Concept definition: The type of a communications <STRUCTURE>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
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Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
BEACON <BEACON>. 1      
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
CABLE_STATION A station supporting an <ELECTRICAL_SIGNAL_LINE> connecting <TELEPHONE>s and/or television stations; cable station. 2  
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
MICROWAVE_STATION A station and <TOWER> in a microwave relay <SYSTEM>. The stations, usually spaced 30 to 40 kilometres apart, pick up, amplify, and pass on the signals sent over a microwave network. 3  
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
MONITORING_STATION A station that checks the quality or content of an electronic audio or visual signal by means of a receiver; monitoring station. 4  
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
MULTIPLE_PRESENT There are multiple distinct communication stations with varied functions or there is a single station supporting several types of communication; multiple present. 5  
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
NAVIGATION_LIGHT A specially constructed <DEVICE> that displays a luminous or lighted <AID_TO_NAVIGATION>; navigation light. 6  
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
RADAR_STATION <RADAR_STATION>. 7      
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
RADIO_STATION A station supporting communication of audible signals encoded in electromagnetic waves; radio station. 8  
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
RADOME A station supporting a domelike shell transparent to radio-frequency radiation, often used to house a radar <AERIAL>; radome. 9  
STD
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COMMUNICATION_STRUCTURE-
_TYPE
REPEATER A <NETWORK> or communications <DEVICE> that propagates electrical signals from one <SYSTEM> to another, amplifying them to restore them to full strength in the process; repeater. Repeaters are used to counter the attenuation which occurs when signals travel long distances. 10  

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