CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
Annex 1  Operational characteristics
 1     Introduction
 2     Altimeters
        2.1     Frequency Modulated Carrier Wave Altimeters
                  2.1.1     Operational description
                  2.1.2     Principles of operation
        2.2     Pulsed altimeters
                  2.2.1     Operational description
                  2.2.2     Pulsed altimeter principles of operation
        2.3     Application
                  2.3.1     Operational scenarios
 3     ICAO requirements
Annex 2  Technical characteristics
 1     Technical description
        1.1     Radio altimeter modulation and receiver sensitivity
        1.2     Radio altimeter antenna pattern
        1.3     Measurement accuracy
        1.4     Unit-to-unit interference prevention – Frequency offset
        1.5     Frequency stability of radio altimeters
 2     Total required radio altimeter bandwidth
Radio altimeter technical characteristics
Annex 3  Protection criteria and its application in sharing and compatibility
 1     Introduction
 2     Protection criteria
        2.1     Receiver front-end overload
        2.2     Receiver desensitization
        2.3     False altitude reports
 3     Compatibility study considerations and summary of protection criteria