Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Abbreviations
4 Introduction to Terrestrial Flight
  Telecommunications System (TFTS)
  4.1 General
  4.2 Interface specification objectives
  4.3 Interface characteristics
5 Protocol modelling principles
  5.1 AS-GSS layering
6 TFTS user-to-network reference configuration
  6.1 General
  6.2 TFTS reference configuration
  6.3 Interfaces
7 Channel structures and access capabilities
  7.1 General
  7.2 Channel types and their use: Traffic Channels
      (TCH)
  7.3 Channel types and their use: Control Channels
  7.4 GS Access capability
  7.5 AS access capability
8 TFTS Radio Interface layer
  8.1 Interfaces to the physical layer
  8.2 Services of layer
  8.3 Primitives of layer 1
  8.4 Layer 1 procedures
  8.5 Layer 1 peer to peer exchanges
  8.6 TDMA characteristics (Time Division Multiple
      Access)
  8.7 Modulation characteristics
  8.8 Radio transmission and reception
      characteristics
  8.9 GS antenna characteristics
  8.10 Radio sub-system link control
  8.11 Radio sub-system synchronization
9 TFTS radio interface layer
  9.1 General
  9.2 Layer 2 services
  9.3 Overview description of LAPDa functions and
      procedures
  9.4 Service characteristics and requirements
  9.5 Overview of layer 2 structure
  9.6 Layer 2 specification
10 AS - GSS layer 3 specification
  10.1 Introduction
  10.2 Structure of signalling functions
  10.3 Services provided by signalling layer 3 on
       the AS side
  10.4 Services provided by signalling layer 3 on
       the GSS side
  10.5 Services assumed from signalling layer
  10.6 Inter-layer service interfaces on the AS side
  10.7 Inter-layer service interfaces on the GS side
  10.8 Service assumed from layer
  10.9 Functions provided by layer 3 entities
  10.10 Call setup examples
  10.11 Radio interface layer 3 specification
History

Abstract

Standardises a public telecommunication system to provide voice services in aircraft, using a cellular direct air-ground radio transmission system. This issue gives a general review to take account of the experience gained in the implementation of the system.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Pages
ISBN
Committee	ERM RP05
Supersedes	PRETS 300 326-2 : MAR 98