CONTENTS

RECOMMENDATION  ITU‑R  S.1806     1
Availability objectives for hypothetical reference digital paths  in the fixed-satellite service operating below 15 GHz     1
Scope     1
Annex 1  The applicability of the availability ratio and outage intensity parameters of  ITU‑T Recommendation G.827 to satellite links     4
1 Introduction  4
2 Background  5
3 ITU‑T Recommendation G.827  5
4 Link segment availabilities  6
5 Outage intensity and attenuation  6
        5.1 Number of fades resulting in an outage  7
        5.2 Observations  8
6 Conclusions  12