Unlicensed Personal Communications Services or UPCS band is the 1920–1930

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allocated by the United States

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(FCC) for short range

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(PCS) applications in the

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, such as the

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(DECT) wireless protocol.

History

Prior to an FCC rules change in April 2005, the band also included the frequencies 1910-1920 MHz and 2390–2400 MHz. These were used for a variety of short range communications, including point-to-point

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links.

Allocation

These allocation rules are described in Title 47
Part 15
of the

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. ''Licensed'' PCS, although not necessarily distinguished as such from UPCS, is used for digital

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services. DECT devices designed to operate in this band in the US use the marketing term

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History

Allocation

See also