ARINC 618:1993
ARINC 618:1993 Air/ground Character-oriented Protocol Specification Describes to bring this redundant material into one document which should serve as the description of operation within the ACARS air/ground environment.
Table of Contents
1.0AIR/GROUNDCOMMUNICATION2.0AIR/GROUNDBLOCKSTRUCTURE
3.0ACARSMESSAGEPROTOCOL
4.0VHFACARS
5.0VHFLINKMANAGEMENT
6.0VOICEMODEOPERATION
7.0SATCOMINTERFACE
8.0HFINTERFACE
9.0MEDIAUTILIZATION
10.0CMUOPERATIONWITHVDROPERATING
INVDLMODEA
11.0ACARSOVERAVLC
ATTACHMENTS
ATTACHMENT1-AIR/GROUNDCOMMUNICATIONS
ATTACHMENT2-FREQUENCYMANAGEMENT
DIAGRAMS
ATTACHMENT3-ISO5CHARACTERS
ATTACHMENT4-MULTI-BLOCKTIMING
DIAGRAMS
ATTACHMENT5-MSKWAVEFORMS
ATTACHMENT6-MODECHARACTER
ATTACHMENT7-VOICE/DATANOTIFICATION
ATTACHMENT8-DATARECORDCONTENTSAND
FORMAT
ATTACHMENT9-MEDIAADVISORYLOGIC
ATTACHMENT10-MESSAGESEQUENCECHARTSFOR
DOWNLINKACKNOWLEDGMENTON
SATCOM/HFDL
ATTACHMENT11-MESSAGESEQUENCECHARTSFOR
UPLINKACKNOWLEDGMENTON
SATCOM/HFDL
ATTACHMENT12-NESTEDMULTIBLOCKTIMING
DIAGRAMS
ATTACHMENT13-MU-VDRPROTOCOLNEGOTIATION
MESSAGESEQUENCECHART
EXAMPLES
ATTACHMENT14-PROPAGATIONDELAY
ATTACHMENT15-GENERALFORMATOFAIR/GROUND
DOWNLINKANDUPLINKMESSAGES
ATTACHMENT16-AOAPROTOCOLARCHITECTURE
ATTACHMENT17-AVLCFRAMESTRUCTURE
ATTACHMENT18-AOAMESSAGESEQUENCECHARTS
ANDFLOWDIAGRAMS
ATTACHMENT19-AOATIMINGDIAGRAMS
APPENDICES
APPENDIXA-PROTOCOLHISTORY
APPENDIXB-ACARSOVERVIEW
APPENDIXC-INSTALLATIONTESTGUIDANCE
APPENDIXD-SATELLITECATEGORYB
APPENDIXE-VDLMODE2TIMINGBUDGET
APPENDIXF-TERMSANDACRONYMS