INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
AERONAUTICAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ANNEX 10
TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
VOLUME II — COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
(PART I — DIGITAL DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;
PART Il — VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS)
FIRST EDITION — JULY 1995
The first edition of Annex 10, Volume III was adopted by the Council on
20 March 1995 and becomes applicable on 9 November 1995.
For information regarding the applicability of the Standards and
Recommended Practices, see Foreword.
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATIONAMENDMENTS
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CHAPTER 1.
CHAPTER 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS,
PART I — DIGITAL DATA
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Definitions
General. ..
(to be developed)
CHAPTER 3. Aeronautical Telecommunication
Network ......
3.1. Definitions.
3.2 Introduction.
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3.4 System level requirements
3.5 _AIN applications requirements :
3.6 ATN communication service requirements
3.7. ATN naming and addressing requirements
3.8 AT systems management requirements
3.9 _ATN security requirements. .
Tables for Chapter 3
Figure for Chapter 3
CHAPTER 4. Aeronautical Mobile-Satellite Service
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Definitions and descriptions of channel types;
general; system capabilities .
Broadband RF characteristics.
RF channel characteristics ..
Channel format types and rates.
Link layer P channel
and R channel protocols...
Link layer T channel and sub-band
C channel protocols
Satellite subnetwork layer
Cireuit-mode services...
Aircraft earth station (ABS) management.
4.10 Ground earth station (GES) management
Tables for Chapter 4
Figures for Chapter 4
Appendix 1 to Chapter 4. Response masks of A-BPSK
and A-QPSK filters
Appendix 2 to Chapter 4. Signal unit formats,
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Appendix 4 to Chapter 4, ‘Time-out values.
Appendix 5 to Chapter 4, Interworking telephony
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Appendix 6 to Chapter 4.
AMSQ)S configuration
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Appendix 7 to Chapter 4,
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‘Voice encoding algorithm
Introduction. .
Requirements for numeric calculations
Audio input characteristics.
. Encoding process definition...
Decoding process definition
Tables for Appendix 7
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CHAPTER 5. SSR Mode § Air-ground Data Link
5.1 Definitions relating to the Mode S
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Mode $ subnetwork characteristics
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5.4 Mode S packet formats.
Tables for Chapter 5
Figures for Chapter 5
CHAPTER 6. VHF Air-ground Digital Link (VDL)
6.1 Definitions and system capabilities
6.2. System characteristics of the ground
installation :
6.3 System characteristics of the aircraft
installation :
6.4 Physical layer protocols and services
6.5 Link layer protocols and services
6.6 Subnetwork layer protocols and services...
6.7 The VDL mobile subnetwork dependent
convergence function (SNDCF) ..
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69 VDL Mode 4
‘Tables for Chapter 6
Figures for Chapter 6
Appendix to Chapter 6. References.
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CHAPTER 7. Subnetwork Interconnection . 282R CHAPTER 2. Aeronautical Mobile Service 340
(to be developed) 2.1. Air-ground VHF communication system
characteristics 340
CHAPTER 8. AFTN Network...... 283 2.2 System characteristics of the ground
installation 340
8.1 Definitions. : 283 2.3. System characteristics of the airborne
8.2. Technical provisions relating to installation 341
teletypewriter apparanis and circuits 2.4 Single sideband (SSB) HF communication
used in the AFIN : 283 system characteristics for use in the
8.3. Terminal equipment associated with aeronautical mobile service 343
aeronautical radioteletypewriter channels
operating in the band 2.5 ~ 30 MHz 285
8.4 Characteristics of interregional CHAPTER 3. SELCAL System 348
AFS circuits 285
8.5 Technical provisions relating to ATS
‘message transmission . 286 CHAPTER 4. Aeronautical Speech Circuits ....... 349
8.6 Technical provisions relating to international
‘ground-ground data interchange at medium 4.1 Technicat provisions relating to international
and higher signalling rates. 286 aeronautical speech circuit switching and
signalling for ground-ground applications 349
CHAPTER 9. Aircraft Addressing System 329
CHAPTER 5. Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
Appendix to Chapter 9. A World-wide Scheme for Search and Rescue . ree 350
for the Allocation, Assignment and Application
of Aircraft Addresses. .. ce 330 5.1 General. 350
5.2. Specification for the 121.5 MHz component
1. General... ae 330 of emergency locator transmitters (ELT)
2. Description of the scheme 330 for search and rescue. 350
3. Management of the scheme . . 330 5.3. Specification for the 406 MHz component
4. Allocation of aircraft addresses 330 of emergency locator transmitters (ELT)
5. Assignment of aircraft addresses 330 for search and rescue. 351
6. Application of aircraft addresses 331
Table 9-1. Allocation of aircraft addresses Appendix 1 to Chapter 5, Emergency Locator
to States. : 7 - 332 ‘Transmitter Coding. ......... 353
CHAPTER 10. Point-to-Multipoint 1. General. 393
Communications : 337 2. ELT coding 353
10.1. Service via satellite for the dissemination
of aeronautical information 337 ATTACHMENTS
10.2. Service via satelite for the dissemination of
WAFS products 337 Attachment A to Part I — Guidance material for
aeronautical mobile-satellite service 387
CHAPTER 11 HF Data Link 338
1. Introduction . : cece 357
11.1 Definitions and system capabilities 338 LL Overview .....esetcceersseeees 357
11.2. HF data link system 338 12 Levels of capability. ........ 357
11.3 HF data link protocol 338A 2, Broadband RF characteristics... 358
114 Ground management sub-system 338F 2.1 Use of AMS(R)S bands 358
2.2 Frequency accuracy and
compensation. 358
2.3. Aircraft earth station antenna
PART Il — VOICE COMMUNICATION characteristics 359
SYSTEMS 24 Receiver requirements. 359
2.5 Transmitter requirements . 360
CHAPTER 1. Definitions. 339 6 Interference 361
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RF channel characteristics . . .
3.1 Modulation characteristics
3.2. Bounds on radiated power spectral
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3.3. Demodulator performance .
3.4 Acquisition delay .........0.00.ee
Channel format types and data rate
4.1 General...
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43° R channel
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45° Cchannel .....
Link layer P channel and R channel
5.2 SU set generation :
5.3. SUs transmission according to
precedence ;
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5.5 R channel protocol . .
Link layer T channel and sub-band
C channel protocols
6.1 General
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63 Tehannel transmission protocol .
64 T channel reservation protocol.
6.5 Sub-band C channel to-aircraft and
from-aircraft protocol
Satellite subnetwork layer
7.1 General provisions
7.2 Packet data performance ...........
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services and operations. ....
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7.5. Management interface -
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8.1 Circuit-mode voice signalling
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82. Interworking of circuit-mode services
with other Voice networks .
83 Implementing satelite voice in the
ATS environment .
84° Temrestrial voice network
considerations
8.5 Implementing the group call/oroadcast
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8.6 Implementing the call registration
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8.7 Notes oa the abbreviated
air-origination procedure...
8.8 Circuit-mode access delay
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9. Aircraft earth station (AES) management
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9.2 AES management interfaces.
9.3. AES management functions
10. Ground earth station (GES) management. ...
10.1 General. .
10.2. GES management architecture
10.3 GES management interfaces.
10.4 GES management functions
10.5. Considerations for GES services
Tables for Attachment A.....
Figures for Attachment A......
Appendix to Attachment A. Performance
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3. VDL principles :
3.1 Communications transfer principles
3.2. VDL quality of service for ATN
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4 YDL ground station network concept
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4.2. Institutional issues conceming VDL
ground station network operators
4.3. VDL ground station equipment .....
4.4 — Ground station siting.
4.5 Ground station frequency
engineering ....
4.6 Ground station connection to
intermediate systems
5. VDL airborne operating conc
5.1 Avionics
52. VDL avionics certification ..
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Attachment A to Part I — Guidance material for
communication systems
1. VHF communications
2. SELCAL system........
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