FS-1045A: Contents

LETTER OF PROMULGATION

FOREWORD

FIGURES

TABLES

1. SCOPE

2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

3. DEFINITIONS

4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

6. EFFECTIVE DATE

7. CHANGES

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

10. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

20. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

30. NOTES

FIGURES

Figure 1. System performance measurements test setup

Figure 2. Connectivity and LQA matrix

Figure 3. ALE symbol library

Figure 4. ALE basic word structure

Figure 5. Valid word sequences

Figure 5a. Valid word sequences (Continued: calling cycle section)

Figure 5b. Valid word sequences (Continued: message section)

Figure 5c. Valid word sequences (Continued: conclusion section)

Figure 6. Basic 38-ASCII subset

Figure 7. Expanded 64-ASCII subset

Figure 8. Full 128-ASCII set

Figure 9. Generator matrix for (24, 12) extended Golay code

Figure 10. Parity-check matrix for (24, 12) extended Golay code

Figure 11. Golay word encoding

Figure 12. Golay FEC coding examples

Figure 13. Word bit coding and interleaving

Figure 14. Bit and word decoding

Figure 14a. ALE encoding/decoding example

Figure 15. Calling cycle sequences

Figure 16. Message sequences

Figure 17. Conclusion (terminator) sequence

Figure 18. Basic frame structure examples

Figure 19. LQA matrix example

Figure 20. Basic call structure

Figure 21. Individual call protocol

Figure 22. Individual scanning calling protocol

Figure 23. Basic sounding structure

Figure 24. Call rejection scanning sounding protocol

Figure 25. Call acceptance scanning sounding protocol

Figure 26. Scanning sounding with optional handshake protocol

Figure 27. Star net scanning calling protocol

Figure 27a. Star group scanning calling

Figure 28. Data text message structure example

Figure 29. Data text message reconstruction (overlay)

Figure 30. Data block message structure and ARQ example

Figure 31. Data block message interleaver and deinterleaver

Figure 32. Data block message example

Figure 33. Radio subsystem interface points

Figure 34. Phase noise limit mask for fixed site and environmentally controlled long-haul radio transmitters

Figure 35. Phase noise limit mask for non-environmentally controlled tactical radio transmitters

Figure 36. Overall channel response for single-channel or dual-channel equipment

Figure 37. Overall channel characteristics (four-channel equipment)

Figure 38. Digital Lincompex calibration sequence

Figure 39. Out-of-band power spectral density for HF transmitters

Figure 40. Discrete spurious emissions limit for HF transmitters

Figure 41. Output power vs. VSWR for transmitters with broadband output impedance networks

TABLES

Table I. Probability of linking

Table II. Channel memory example

Table III. Self-address memory example

Table IV. Other address memory example

Table V. ALE word types (preambles)

Table VI. Limits to size and duration of ALE calls

Table VII. 2-of-3 majority vote decoding

Table VIII. Majority word construction

Table IX. Basic (38-ASCII subset) address structures

Table X. Use of "@" utility symbol

Table XI. Basic bit error ratio (BER) values

Table XII. ALE operational rules

Table XIII. Timing

Table XIV. Summary of COMMAND functions

Table XV. Link quality analysis (LQA) structure

Table XVI. Data text message characteristics

Table XVII. Data text message structure

Table XVIII. Data block message characteristics

Table XIX. Data block message structure

Table XX. Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) structure

Table XXI. Tune and wait structure

Table XXII. Time values

Table XXIII. Time-related COMMAND Functions

Table XXIV. User unique functions structure

Table XXV. Bandwidths

Table XXVI. Out-of-band power spectral density limits for radio transmitters