Summary

This Recommendation makes provision for the operational and Quality of Service requirements for both air-to-ground and ground-to-air aeronautical passenger communications mobile-satellite services. This Recommendation follows the principles laid down in Recommendation F.111. Operation in the Aeronautical mobile-satellite (route) service band must meet the standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This includes the technical specifications, preemptive and priority functions, as defined in ICAO Annex 10, Aeronautical Telecommunications. This Recommendation only covers aeronautical passenger communications. Other service and operational provisions are not covered by this Recommendation. Aeronautical passengers communications (APC), a form of communications, unrelated to safety and regularity of flight or the aircraft operating agency, which is at the disposal of the passenger and crew of an aircraft in flight status on a controlled basis subject to flight safety requirements. Aeronautical passenger communications is one form of public correspondence.