Low Power Radio Association
Defining Sectors
The SRD industry covers a very wide range of applications.
To enable individual members to focus attention on their areas of specific interest, the LPRA is organised into industry sectors as shown below:
| Sector Name | Sector Manager(s) | |
 | Medical Telemetry | Saad Mezzour |
| Low power radio is mainly used in imagery and monitoring devices in the medical sector. Familiar applications would be pacemakers, hearing aids and medical scanners. | ||
 | RFID | John Falck |
| RFID systems operate in several licence exempt frequency bands, co-existing with other low power devices. Typical applications include access control, mass transportation, logistics and security. | ||
 | Road and Rail (Transport) | Bob Williams |
| This sector embraces historical applications, such as truck and rail wagon to infrastructure signalling and communications links as well as emerging vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communications and short range radar ranging. Applications include intelligent cruise control, vehicle parking sensors and key-less entry systems. | ||
 | Radio Telemetry and Telecommand | Brian Back |
| The monitoring or gathering of data or the issuing of controls using wireless technology. Examples include automatic meter reading (AMR), remote pollution monitoring, remote pump control (telecommand), process wireless automation, pressure monitoring of oil well heads, water distribution network monitoring, remote temperature monitoring, remote sensor 4-20mA wireless links, remote rodent monitoring (pest control) and the linking of process controllers - wireless Modbus etc. | ||
 | Home and Building Automation | Jean-Michel Orsat and Philippe Magneron |
| This sector focuses on all aspects of building automation, including energy management and building controls as well as the emerging market for remote metering systems. Typical applications include blind/awning controllers, lighting and HVAC controllers and remote reading utility meters. Low power radio is used extensively in building security and alarm systems for signalling, control and detection functions. Familiar applications include wireless intruder alarm sensors, microwave Doppler detectors and CCTV PTZ controllers. | ||