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F77 & F55 Services and Applications Reference Manual
1.
INTRODUCTION TO THE INMARSAT FLEET F77 & F55 ........................ 4
1.1 4.8KBPS VOICE ................................................................................................. 5
1.2 64KBPS UDI ..................................................................................................... 5
1.3 64KBPS SPEECH ................................................................................................ 5
1.4 64KBPS 3.1KHZ AUDIO..................................................................................... 5
1.5 56KBPS DATA ................................................................................................... 5
1.6 MOBILE PACKET DATA SERVICE (MPDS) ....................................................... 5
1.7 2.4KBPS GROUP 3 FAX ..................................................................................... 6
1.8 9.6KBPS GROUP 3 FAX ..................................................................................... 6
1.9 9.6KBPS ASYNCHRONOUS DATA ...................................................................... 6
1.10
FLEET 77 AND 55 TECHNICAL SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS ............................... 6
1.11
FLEET F77 AND F55 MARITIME EQUIPMENT ................................................ 7
2.
THE INMARSAT FLEET (F77 / F55) MARKET .......................................... 11
2.1 POSITIONING OF INMARSAT F77 / F55............................................................ 11
2.2 F77 / F55 VS. VSAT...................................................................................... 12
2.3 INMARSAT MOBILE ISDN .............................................................................. 13
2.4 INMARSAT MOBILE PACKET DATA SERVICE (MPDS).................................... 14
2.5 INMARSAT F77 / F55 APPLICATIONS OVERVIEW............................................. 15
2.5.1
Navigation.............................................................................................. 15
2.5.2
DGPS corrections................................................................................... 15
2.5.3
Navigational chart updates..................................................................... 15
2.5.4
Obtaining weather reports...................................................................... 15
2.5.5
Safety, distress, MRCC and Coast Guard communications (F77 Only) 15
2.5.6
Interfacing with general analogue equipment........................................ 16
2.5.7
Secure communications ......................................................................... 16
2.5.8
Fleet Management & the corporate WAN ............................................. 16
2.5.9
World-Wide-Web (WWW) access ........................................................ 16
2.5.10 Email ...................................................................................................... 16
2.5.11 Ship-to-ship communications ................................................................ 16
2.5.12 Cargo / vessel telemetry......................................................................... 17
2.5.13 Crew calling (welfare) ........................................................................... 17
2.5.14 Videoconferencing................................................................................. 17
2.5.15 Using Microsoft™ NetMeeting ............................................................. 17
2.5.16 Universal Messaging.............................................................................. 17
2.5.17 Voice and data multiplexing .................................................................. 17
2.5.18 File transfer ............................................................................................ 18
2.5.19 128kbps channel ‘bonding’.................................................................... 18
2.5.20 Group 4 facsimile................................................................................... 18
2.5.21 Telex ...................................................................................................... 18
2.5.22 Tele-presence ......................................................................................... 18
2.5.23 Tele-medicine ........................................................................................ 18
2.5.24 Tele-education........................................................................................ 18
3.
OVERVIEW OF THE INMARSAT SYSTEM ............................................... 19
3.1 F77 / F55 COVERAGE MAP ............................................................................. 19
3.2 INMARSAT 4 COVERAGE EXTENSION .............................................................. 20
3.3 NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE (NOC) AND LESS ...................................... 20
3.4 HOW F77 AND F55 CALLS ARE ROUTED & BILLED ......................................... 21
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