1
Introduction
2 Concepts to enhance the long range detection
capabilities of AIS coast stations
2.1
Off-shore platforms
2.2
Oil platforms
2.3 Weather
buoys
2.4
Anomalous propagation
2.4.1 Tropospheric scatter 9
2.4.2 Atmospheric ducting 12
3 Spectrum sharing
of AIS long range detection with other co-channel mobile service systems
3.1
Technical parameters
3.1.1 Mobile systems
3.1.2 AIS coast stations
3.1.3 Sharing factors
3.1.4 Radio propagation
3.1.5 Sharing analysis
4 Summary
Appendix 1 Tropospheric scatter propagation
1 Introduction
1.1
Recommendation ITU-R P.617-1 model
1.2
Recommendation ITU-R P.452-12 model
2 Irregular
terrain model
3 Summary
Appendix 2 Atmospheric ducting propagation
1 Introduction
2 Recommendation ITU-R P.452
3 Hepburn predictions
Appendix 3 Diffraction propagation
1 Introduction
2 Recommendation ITU-R P.526
Appendix 4 Additional spectrum sharing considerations
Appendix 5 AIS propagation observations � Ducting 34
1 Introduction
2 Atmospheric ducting