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International Civil Aviation Organization WORKING PAPER ACP-WGF16- /WP-14 04/12/06 AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS PANEL (ACP) SIXTTEENTH MEETING OF WORKING GROUP F Montreal , 11-15 December 2006 Single entry versus aggregate MLS interference susceptibility limits (Prepared by Alain Delrieu) SUMMARY ICAO experts are studying the use of the 5 GHz band by the AMS/AMT, AM(R)S and AMS/AS applications and conditions under which the proposed services can share the MLS band. This paper assesses suitable in-band interference susceptibility limits needed for MLS protection, for applicability to both single entry and aggregate sharing situations, taking into account existing services already defined in the R.R. and new services being considered under WRC’07 Agenda Item 1.5 and 1.6. INTRODUCTION During the latest ICAO/NSP meeting held in October, the level – 150 dBW/150 kHz was considered (ref NSP Oct06 WGW WP20_MLS Interference issues _rev1) as the maximum aggregate power ensuring the protection of the MLS airborne receiver. This value represents an I/N ratio of – 14 dB as the appropriate criterion protection against in-band MLS interference, derived by considering that the allowable course motion noise (CMN) error limit is defined in probabilistic terms, i.e. a given limit such as 0.1° for low desired MLS signals not to be exceeded more than 5% of time . The analysis performed in that reference is based on an S / (N+I) approach where N+I is total noise, comprising both thermal noise and man-made noise to ensure MLS protection against all source of noises: thermal, MLS adjacent channel and external sources such as existing FSS and RNSS or being considered for WRC’07 preparation, i.e. AMS/AMT and AM(R)S. This S / (N+I) approach has been proposed as a replacement to the previous ICAO interference assessment methodology which was based on a signal to interference ratio (SIR) approach, and as such considered ill justified because int