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Communication Standard Design Definition File

(DRL N°:D020)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 10

1.1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 10

1.2 Structure of the document ..................................................................................................................... 10

1.3 Definitions, abbreviations and conventions ......................................................................................... 10

1.3.1 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................. 10

1.3.1.1 Communication ............................................................................................................................ 10

1.3.1.2 Entities .......................................................................................................................................... 14

1.3.1.3 RAMS ........................................................................................................................................... 15

1.3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations ................................................................................................................. 16

2. APPLICABLE AND REFERENCE DOCUMENT................................................................ 22

2.1 Applicable documents ............................................................................................................................ 22

2.2 Reference documents ............................................................................................................................. 22

3. COMMUNICATION STANDARD CONTEXT ..................................................................... 23

3.1 System reference architecture ............................................................................................................... 23

3.2 Interfaces covered by the Communication Standard .......................................................................... 23

3.3 Reference traffic profile .......................................................................................................................... 23

3.4 Aeronautical propagation channel ........................................................................................................ 23

3.5 Robustness in front of non-nominal conditions .................................................................................. 23

4. COMMUNICATION STANDARD OVERVIEW ................................................................... 24

4.1 Multiple Access Scheme ........................................................................................................................ 24

4.2 Physical Layer ......................................................................................................................................... 24

4.3 Network synchronization ........................................................................................................................ 24

4.4 MAC and Link Layer ................................................................................................................................ 25

4.5 Network layer ........................................................................................................................................... 26

4.6 Multicast ................................................................................................................................................... 26

4.7 Handovers ................................................................................................................................................ 26

4.8 Security .................................................................................................................................................... 26

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4.9 Redundancy and diversity ...................................................................................................................... 27

5. REFERENCE USER, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT PLANE PROTOCOL STACKS . 28

6. COMMUNICATION STANDARD CHANNELS AND CARRIERS DEFINITION ................. 29

6.1 Data and signalling channels ................................................................................................................. 29

6.1.1 Logical channels ................................................................................................................................... 29

6.1.1.1 Description.................................................................................................................................... 29

6.1.1.1.1 Traffic channels ....................................................................................................................... 29

6.1.1.1.2 Control channels ..................................................................................................................... 29

6.1.1.2 Logical channel attributes ............................................................................................................. 30

6.1.2 Physical channels – burst types ............................................................................................................ 30

6.1.2.1 Forward link physical channel ...................................................................................................... 31

6.1.2.2 Return link physical channels ....................................................................................................... 33

6.1.3 Mapping between logical and physical channels .................................................................................. 36

6.2 System carriers........................................................................................................................................ 36

6.2.1 Forward Link system carrier .................................................................................................................. 36

6.2.2 Return Link system carrier .................................................................................................................... 37

6.3 Link-layer addressing ............................................................................................................................. 38

7. COMMUNICATION STANDARD FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE .................................. 41

7.1 General functional architecture ............................................................................................................. 41

7.2 Functional tree ......................................................................................................................................... 42

7.3 Main relationship between functions .................................................................................................... 46

8. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................... 48

8.1 Physical layer functions ......................................................................................................................... 48

8.1.1 Key functions ......................................................................................................................................... 48

8.1.2 Interfaces with other functions .............................................................................................................. 48

8.1.2.1 Interfaces with RF front end ......................................................................................................... 48

8.1.2.2 Interface to MAC/LLC ................................................................................................................... 49

8.1.2.3 Interface to Network Synchronisation function ..............................................