Full Description

This document contains Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services (AMS(R)S) that provide safety communications to aircraft in airspace where 1) procedural separation is applied or 2) ATS surveillance services are provided. The performance defined in this document is intended to provide (1) data communication services that comply to the RCP130/A1, RCP240/A1, RCP400/A1 or RCP400/A2 standards of Required Communications Performance (RCP) for two-way, bidirectional, Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) and to the RSP160/A1, RSP180/A1 or RSP400/A1 standards of Required Surveillance Performance (RSP) for one-way aircraft-to-Air Navigation Service Provider surveillance-related information, and (2) voice communication services that comply to the RCP400/V standard for two-way, bidirectional voice communications between pilots and controllers and to the RSP400/V standards for one-way voice communications between pilots and controllers.