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F33 Services and Applications Reference Manual
Table of Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION TO THE INMARSAT FLEET F33 ....................................4
1.1 4.8KBPS VOICE .................................................................................................5
1.2 9.6KBPS GROUP 3 FAX......................................................................................5
1.3 9.6KBPS ASYNCHRONOUS DATA .......................................................................5
1.4 MOBILE PACKET DATA SERVICE (MPDS) ........................................................5
1.5 FLEET 33 EQUIPMENT EXAMPLES .....................................................................6
2.
OVERVIEW OF THE INMARSAT FLEET F33 SYSTEM ............................7
2.1 POSITIONING OF INMARSAT F33........................................................................7
2.2 F33 COVERAGE MAP.........................................................................................9
2.3 HOW TO CALL VIA F33....................................................................................10
2.4 HOW F33 CALLS ARE CHARGED ......................................................................11
2.5 INMARSAT MOBILE PACKET DATA SERVICE (MPDS).....................................12
2.5.1
MPDS charging ......................................................................................13
2.5.2
Call Waiting ...........................................................................................13
(optional – requires participating hardware and airtime provider) .......................13
3.
INMARSAT F33 SOLUTIONS .........................................................................15
3.1 INTERFACING WITH PHONES, FAXES AND MODEMS ..........................................15
3.2 SHIP-TO-SHIP COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................................15
3.3 WORLD-WIDE-WEB (WWW) ACCESS............................................................16
3.3.1
Typical F33 WEB applications ..............................................................16
3.4 NAVIGATIONAL CHART UPDATES (C-MAP) .....................................................17
3.5 DIGITAL NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS FROM THE UK HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE .....18
3.6 NOWCASTING .................................................................................................19
3.7 OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHING STRATEGY (CATSAT)....................................20
3.8 EMAIL VIA F33 ...............................................................................................21
3.9 SPECIALISED EMAIL SERVICES .........................................................................22
3.10
UNIVERSAL MESSAGING VIA F33................................................................23
3.11
SMS MESSAGING WITH SMSPOP ...............................................................24
3.12
USING THE 9.6KBPS ASYNCHRONOUS DATA SERVICE...................................25
3.12.1 Integrated V42bis and V44 compression (optional service – participating
hardware and airtime providers only) ...................................................................26
3.13
VESSEL SECURITY MONITORING AND TELEMETRY .......................................26
3.15
SLOW-SCAN VIDEO VIA F33.........................................................................27
3.16
CREW CALLING (WELFARE) VIA F33............................................................29
3.17
FILE TRANSFER (FTP) .................................................................................31
3.18
FACSIMILE VIA F33 .....................................................................................32
3.19
TELEX .........................................................................................................33
4.
GETTING STARTED WITH A NEW F33......................................................34
4.1 SERVICE ACTIVATION .....................................................................................34
4.2 FINANCIAL - ACCOUNTING AUTHORITIES & ISPS ...........................................34
4.3 INMARSAT F33 MES NUMBERING..................................................................35
INSTALLATION AND APPLICATION TESTING......................................................35
4.5
5.
APPENDICES .....................................................................................................37
5.1 HOW THE INMARSAT NETWORK WORKS ..........................................................37
5.2 HOW TO SET UP MPDS DIAL-UP NETWORKING ...............................................38
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