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- Recommendation U.60
- GENERAL REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET IN INTERFACING THE INTERNATIONAL
- TELEX NETWORK WITH MARITIME SATELLITE SYSTEMS
- (Geneva, 1980; amended at Malaga-Torremolinos, 1984)
- The CCITT,
- considering
- (a) that, with fully automatic working between subscribers in the
- international telex service, it is desirable that the interface between the
- international telex network and maritime satellite systems be defined;
- (b) that the CCIR is charged with the task of making Recommendations
- relating to the radio path of maritime satellite systems;
- (c) that explanation of the detail of the interface between the
- international telex network and maritime satellite systems would be of assistance
- to the CCIR;
- (d) that Recommendation U.61 specifies the detailed interface requirements,
- unanimously recommends
- (1) that maritime satellite systems should be capable of interfacing the
- international telex network with one or more signalling systems in accordance
- with:
- - Recommendation U.1: Signalling conditions to be applied in the
- international telex service (type A and type B signalling);
- - Recommendation U.11: Telex and gentex signalling on intercontinental
- circuits used for intercontinental automatic transit traffic (type C
- signalling);
- - Recommendation U.12: Terminal and transit control signalling system for
- telex and similar services on international circuits (type D
- signalling);
- (2) that type D signalling (Recommendation U.12) and, as a second choice,
- type C signalling (Recommendation U.11) are the preferred signalling systems,
- when they are available within the national boundaries, for the reasons given in
- Annex A;
- (3) that as the maritime signalling from the ship to the coast earth
- station is in the same relationship as the connection from the subscriber to the
- originating exchange in the international network, it is necessary that the
- transit delays inherent in the maritime system should be considered in
- conjunction with the standards recommended for the international network.
- (4) that the access of ship earth stations to store-and-forward units, if
- provided, should be in accordance with the relevant Series F and U
- Recommendations on international store-and-forward units.
- ANNEX A
- (to Recommendation U.60)
- Signalling systems types C and D
- A.1 These signalling systems have been developed in CCITT to permit the
- maximum utilization of the international telex network as well as to simplify the
- interface problems that exist between Administrations using different signalling
- systems within their national boundaries. In particular, types C and D signalling
- systems, which use telex destination codes in accordance with Recommendation F.69
- [1], are of assistance in solving the problems of routing to and from maritime
- satellite systems where multiple access techniques are employed.
- A.2 Type C signalling (Recommendation U.11) facilitates the use of improved
- techniques for switching traffic in the international network. In particular:
- a) it permits any telegraph circuit capable of carrying International
- Telegraph Alphabet No. 2 (ITA 2) to be used without the need to convert
- supervisory signals to a form capable of being carried by the circuit;
- b) it permits the automatic testing of the ability of the international
- circuit to transmit teleprinter characters before the call is
- established to the distant subscriber;
- c) it permits the detection of head-on collision of calls and thus permits
- service protocols to be established in handling such collisions. It may
- be noted that head-on collisions may occur on telegraph circuits that
- are operated in the bothway mode due to the fact that the calling
- signal takes a finite time, depending upon the nature of the
- transmission path, before the receiving end of the circuit detects the
- seizure from the outgoing end;
- d) it permits the efficient use of the international network with
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- particular reference to the most economical use of automatic
- alternative routing and, by providing transit centre identification,
- permits full flexibility in routing as well as international accounting
- and subscriber billing.
- A.3 Type D signalling (Recommendation U.12) facilitates the introduction into
- the international network of the following facilities (in addition to the
- advantages mentioned in S A.2 above):
- a) user groups;
- b) network identification signals;
- c) identification of the calling station without the necessity of using
- the WRU signal;
- d) identification of a call relating to service matters, which the
- international network carries as a non-chargeable call.
- Reference
- [1] CCITT Recommendation Plan for telex destination codes, Rec. F.69.
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