CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
Annex 1  Operational procedures
 1     Introduction
 2     Operational procedures in the ship-to-shore direction
        2.1     Ship station initiates call
        2.2     Coast station acknowledgement
        2.3     Procedures subsequent to the exchange of initial DSC calls
                  2.3.1     Mandatory procedure
                  2.3.2     Optional “ring-back” procedure
        2.4     Call connection
        2.5     Call completion (Note 1, § 2.2.5 applies to §§ 2.5.1 to 2.5.4)
 3     Operational procedures in the shore-to-ship direction
        3.1     Coast station initiates call
        3.2     Ship station acknowledgement
        3.3     Procedures subsequent to the exchange of initial DSC calls
        3.4     Call connection
        3.5     Call completion
Appendix 1  Timing diagram of call set-up sequences when the ship station initiates the call
Timing diagram of call set-up sequences when the coast station initiates the call
Annex 2  Technical characteristics
 1     Ship station
 2     Coast station