CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1     Background information
 2     Identification of the usable band
 3     Overview of the system
 4     Specifications for the 500 kHz coastal transmitters
 5     Local transmitters
 6     Network
 7     Type of messages
 8     Type of information broadcasts
 9     Encryption
10     Description of a coastal transmitting station
11     Equipment for ship
12     Protection for broadcasting of NAVTEX on 490 kHz and 518 kHz
       12.1     Transmitter emissions mask
13     Selection of 64-QAM modulation parameters
       13.1     Differential coding and mapping
       13.2     Filter roll-off factor
       13.3     Bit error rate versus signal-to-noise ratio for 64-QAM
14     Candidate 500 kHz digital broadcast antennas
       14.1     Practical vertical-tower antennas
       14.2     Potentially available antenna assets from retiring legacy systems
15     Determination of the coverage range for the broadcast data service
       15.1     Radio-frequency propagation and noise
       15.2     Determination of the range achieved using NAVTEX operation
       15.3     Prediction of A2 and NAVTEX ranges (IMO performance criteria)
       15.4     C/N required for NAVTEX broadcasts
       15.5     Prediction of 64-QAM broadcast transmission range
       15.6     Ship receiver performance specifications
Ship receiver specifications:
16     Field tests
       16.1     Generalities
       16.2     Transmitting shore station
       16.3     Broadcast emissions
       16.4     Reception by the test ship station
       16.5     Results
17     Conclusions