CONTENTS

Report ITU-R SA.2553-0
Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1     Introduction
 2     General overview
 3     Concept of operations for communications in the vicinity of the Moon, including its surface and with lunar orbiting satellites
        3.1     Use cases
        3.2     Lunar surface-to-surface communications terminals
                  3.2.1     EVA communications – Operational and technical capabilities
                  3.2.2     Lunar communications terminals on stationary platforms – Operational and technical capabilities of communications stations on the lunar surface
                  3.2.3     Lunar Communications Terminals on Non-Stationary Platforms – Operational and technical capabilities of communications stations on the lunar surface
                  3.2.4     Operational and technical capabilities of the lunar surface backhaul
                  3.2.5     Propagation considerations
                  3.2.6     Deployment scenarios
                  3.2.7     Summary of lunar surface-to-surface transmit characteristics
        3.3     Lunar surface to/from lunar-orbiting space stations
                  3.3.1     Operational and technical capabilities
                  3.3.2     Technical characteristics for communications between lunar surface and lunar orbit space stations
                  3.3.3     Propagation considerations
        3.4     Lunar data relay satellite systems
                  3.4.1     Concept of operations for lunar data relay satellite systems to provide communications in the vicinity of the Moon, including its surface and lunar orbiting satellites
                  3.4.2     Technical and operational characteristics of LDRS links
 4     Summary