SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET FOR PACKET ASSEMBLY/DISASSEMBLY FACILITIES (PADs) LOCATED AT OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH COAST EARTH STATIONS IN THE PUBLIC MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE
The CCITT, considering (a) that the PAD is defined in Recommendation X.3; (b) that the DTE/DCE interface for a start-stop mode DTE accessing a PAD is defined in Recommendation X.28; (c) that the procedures for the exchange of control information and user data between a PAD and a packet mode DTE are given in Recommendation X.29; (d) that Recommendation X.350 gives the general requirements to be met for data transmission in the maritime satellite service; (e) that start-stop mode DTEs are in use in the maritime satellite service; (f) that it is desirable that such DTEs are offered access to and from packet switched public data networks via PADs located at or in association with coast earth stations or maritime satellite data switching exchanges (MSDSEs); (g) that it is desirable to employ the same access procedures, service initiation and exchange of control information and characters in all PADs in the maritime satellite service (maritime PADs).