| A/S
|
Anti-Spoofing
|
| AAIM
|
Airborne Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
|
| ABAS
|
Aircraft Based Augmentation Systems
|
| ACAC
|
Arab Civil Aviation Commission
|
| ACF
|
Auto-Correlation Function
|
| ADAS
|
Advanced Driving Assistance Systems
|
| ADC
|
Analog to Digital Converter
|
| ADS-B
|
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
|
| AEP
|
Architecture Evolution Plan
|
| AF
|
U.S. Air Force
|
| AFCAC
|
African Civil Aviation Commission
|
| AFI
|
Africa-Indian Ocean
|
| AGC
|
Automatic Gain Control
|
| AHRS
|
Attitude and Heading Reference Systems
|
| AIS
|
Automatic Identification System
|
| AIV
|
Assembly
|
| AL
|
Alert Limit
|
| AltBOC
|
Alternative BOC
|
| AM
|
Amplitude Modulation
|
| AMCS
|
Alternate Master Control Station
|
| ANSP
|
Air Navigation Service Provider
|
| ANTEX
|
ANtenna EXchange format
|
| AOA
|
Airport Operators Association
|
| AOA
|
Angle Of Arrival
|
| AOAD/M
|
T Allen Osborne Associates Dorne Margolin Model T
|
| AOC
|
Advanced Operational Capability
|
| AOCS
|
Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem
|
| AOR
|
Atlantic Ocean Region
|
| AP
|
Access Point
|
| AP
|
Application Protocol
|
| APC
|
Antenna Phase Centre
|
| APEC
|
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
|
| API
|
Application Programming Interface
|
| APIRG
|
AFI Planning and Implementation Regional Group
|
| APPS
|
Automatic Precise Positioning Service
|
| APV
|
Approach oPerations with Vertical guidance
|
| APVI
|
Approach oPerations with Vertical guidance I
|
| APVII
|
Approach oPerations with Vertical guidance II
|
| AR
|
Axial Ratio
|
| ARAIM
|
Advanced RAIM
|
| ARNS
|
Aeronautical Radio Navigation Service
|
| ARP
|
Antenna Reference Point
|
| ARPA
|
Automatic Radar Plotting Aids
|
| AS
|
Anti-Spoofing
|
| ASBC
|
Advanced Space Business Corporation
|
| ASECNA
|
from french: Agence pour la Securite de la Navigation Aerienne en Afrique et
|
| ASICs
|
Applications Secific Integrated Circuit
|
| ASN.1
|
Abstract Syntax Notation 1
|
| ASQF
|
Application Specific Qualification Facility
|
| ASZ
|
Autocorrelation Side-lobe Zero
|
| ATC
|
Air Traffic Control
|
| ATM
|
Automated Teller Machine
|
| ATM
|
Air Traffic Management
|
| ATV
|
Automated Transfer Vehicle
|
| AUC
|
African Union Commission
|
| AWGN
|
Additive White Gaussian Noise
|
| AWOP
|
All Weather Operations Panel
|
| BC
|
Before Christ
|
| BCS
|
Binary Coded Symbols
|
| BDT
|
BeiDou Time
|
| BI
|
Behavioral Interventions
|
| BIE
|
Bureau International de l'Heure
|
| BIH
|
From French: Bureau International de l'Heure
|
| BIPM
|
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
|
| BLUE
|
Best Linear Unbiased Minimum-Variance Estimator
|
| BM
|
Benchmark
|
| BMCS
|
Backup Master Control Station
|
| BOC
|
Binary Offset Carrier
|
| BPSK
|
Binary Shift Phase Keying
|
| BRS
|
Baricentric Reference System
|
| C/A
|
Coarse/Acquisition
|
| C/NAV
|
Commercial Navigation Message
|
| CAASD
|
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE)
|
| CAES
|
Computer Aided Earthmoving System
|
| CAN
|
Controller Area Network
|
| CAR
|
Caribbean and South American region
|
| CARERI
|
Chinese Aeronautical Radio Electronics Research Institute
|
| CASM
|
Coherent Adaptive Sub-Carrier Modulation
|
| CBCS
|
Composite Binary Coded Symbols
|
| CBOC
|
Composite BOC
|
| CCF
|
Central Control Facility
|
| CCZ
|
Congestion Charge Zone
|
| CDCM
|
Coastal Defense Cruise Missile
|
| CDDIS
|
Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
|
| CDDS
|
Commercial Data Distribution Service
|
| CDMA
|
Code Division Multiple Access
|
| CDTI
|
Cockpit Display of Traffic Information
|
| CEP
|
Conventional Ephemeris Pole
|
| CEP
|
Circular Error Probable
|
| CF
|
Compact Flash
|
| CFSP
|
Common Foreign and Security Policy
|
| CGCS2000
|
China Geodetic Coordinate System 2000
|
| CGSIC
|
Civil GPS Service Interface Committee
|
| CHA
|
Channel of High Accuracy
|
| CHAMP
|
CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload
|
| CHARS
|
Customer Hierarchy And Reporting System
|
| CIO
|
Conventional International Origin
|
| CIP
|
Celestial Intermediate Pole
|
| CIR
|
Cascading Integer Resolution
|
| CIS
|
Conventional Inertial System
|
| CL
|
Civil Long
|
| CM
|
Civil Moderate
|
| CMCF
|
Central Monitoring and Control Facility
|
| CMR
|
Compact Measurement Record
|
| CMSA
|
Cruise Missile Support Activity
|
| CNAV
|
Civil NAVigation message
|
| CNS
|
Communication Navigation Surveillance
|
| CNSS
|
Compass Navigation Satellite System
|
| COCESNA
|
Corporacion Centroamerica de Servicios de Navegacion Aerea
|
| CODE
|
Centre for Orbit Determination in Europe
|
| CONUS
|
CONtinental United States
|
| CORS
|
Continuously Operating Reference Stations
|
| COSMIC
|
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology
|
| CP
|
Circular Polarization
|
| CPF
|
Central Processing Facility
|
| CPFPS
|
Central Processing Facility Processing Set
|
| CPN
|
Coloured Petri Nets
|
| CPU
|
Central Processing Unit
|
| CR
|
Council Resolution
|
| CRC
|
Cyclic Redundancy Check
|
| CRF
|
Celestial Reference Frame
|
| CRLB
|
Cramer Rao Lower Bound
|
| CRS
|
Conventional Celestial Reference System
|
| CRT
|
Cathode Ray Tube
|
| CS
|
Commercial Service
|
| CSA
|
Channel of Standard Accuracy
|
| CSIM
|
Constellation Simulator
|
| CSK
|
Code Shift Keying
|
| CSRS
|
Canadian Spatial Reference System
|
| CTP
|
Conventional Terrestrial Pole
|
| CTS
|
Conventional Terrestrial System
|
| CW
|
Continuous Wave
|
| CWAAS
|
Canadian WAAS
|
| DAB
|
Digital Audio Broadcasting
|
| DAC
|
Digital-to-Analog Converters
|
| DASS
|
Distress Alerting Satellite System
|
| DCB
|
Differential Code Biases
|
| DDMA
|
Doppler Division Multiple Access
|
| DEOS
|
Delft Institute of Earth Observation and Space Systems
|
| DF
|
Dual Frequency
|
| DGNSS
|
Differential GNSS
|
| DGPS
|
Differential GPS
|
| DGRS
|
DGPS Reference Station
|
| DH
|
Decision Height
|
| DLL
|
Delay Lock Loop
|
| DME
|
Distance Measuring Equipment
|
| DoD
|
US Department of Defense
|
| DOP
|
Dilution Of Precision
|
| DOT
|
Department Of Transportation
|
| DoY
|
Day-of-Year
|
| DP
|
Dot Product
|
| DSCS
|
Defense Satellite Communications System
|
| DSNS
|
Differential Satellite Navigation Systems
|
| DSP
|
Digital Signal Processor
|
| DSPN
|
Direct Sequence Pseudo Noise
|
| DSRC
|
Dedicated Short-Range Communications
|
| DSSS
|
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
|
| DVP
|
Development and Verification Platform
|
| EASA
|
European Aviation Safety Agency
|
| EC
|
European Commission
|
| ECA
|
Error Characterization Approach
|
| ECAC
|
European Civil Aviation Conference
|
| ECAM
|
Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitor
|
| ECEF
|
Earth Centred Earth Fixed
|
| ECI
|
Earth Centred Inertial
|
| ECMWF
|
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
|
| EDAS
|
EGNOS Data Access System
|
| EDS
|
EGNOS Data Server
|
| EEGS
|
EGNOS Extension to Eastern Europe
|
| EETS
|
European Electronic Tolling Service
|
| EFC
|
Electronic Fee Collection
|
| EFIS
|
Electronic Flight Instrument System
|
| EGNOS
|
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System
|
| EICAS
|
Engine Indications and Crew Alerting System
|
| EIRP
|
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
|
| E-L
|
Early-Late
|
| ELT
|
Emergency Location Terminal
|
| EMLP
|
Early Minus Late Power
|
| EMP
|
Electro-Magnetic Pulse
|
| EMR
|
Energy Mines and Resources
|
| EMT
|
Effective Monitor Threshold
|
| ENC
|
European Navigation Conference
|
| ENT
|
EGNOS Network Time
|
| ENU
|
East North Up
|
| EOL
|
End-Of-Life
|
| EOP
|
Earth Orientation Parameters
|
| EPFS
|
Electronic Position Fixing System
|
| EPIRB
|
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons
|
| EPPP
|
Enhanced Precise Point Positioning
|
| ERIS
|
External Regional Integrity Services
|
| ERP
|
Earth Rotation Parameters
|
| ERTMS
|
European Rail Traffic Management System
|
| ESA
|
European Space Agency
|
| ESDP
|
European Security and Defence Policy
|
| ESOC
|
European Space Operations Centre
|
| ESSP
|
European Satellite Service Provider
|
| ESTB
|
EGNOS Test Bed
|
| ET
|
Ephemeris Time
|
| ETA
|
Estimated Time of Arrival
|
| ETC
|
Electronic Tolling Collection
|
| ETCS
|
European Train Control System
|
| ETML
|
European Traffic Management Layer
|
| ETSO
|
European Technical Standard Order
|
| EU
|
European Union
|
| EuCAP
|
European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
|
| EWAN
|
EGNOS Wide Area Network
|
| F/NAV
|
Freely accessible Navigation Message
|
| FAA
|
Federal Aviation Administration
|
| FAS
|
Final Approach Segments
|
| FDE
|
Fault Detection and Exclusion
|
| FDF
|
Flight Dynamics Facility
|
| FDMA
|
Frequency Division Multiple Access
|
| FEC
|
Forward Error Correction
|
| FH
|
Faded-Harmonics
|
| FIR
|
Flight Information Region
|
| FIR
|
Finite Impulse Response
|
| FKP
|
From German: Flaechen Korrektur Parameter
|
| FLL
|
Frequency Lock Loop
|
| FM
|
Frequency Modulation
|
| FMS
|
Flight Management System
|
| FOC
|
Full Operational Capability
|
| FOP
|
Final Operational Phase
|
| FPGA
|
Field Programmable Gate Array
|
| F-PPP
|
Fast Precise Point Positioning
|
| FTP
|
File Transfer Protocol
|
| G/NAV
|
Governmental Navigation Message
|
| GA
|
Ground Antennas
|
| GACF
|
Ground Assets Control Facility
|
| GADEROS
|
Galileo Demonstrator for Railway Operation System
|
| gAGE
|
Research group of Astronomy and GEomatics
|
| GAST
|
Greenwich Apparent Sidereal Time
|
| GBAS
|
Ground-Based Augmentation System
|
| GCC
|
Ground Control Centres
|
| GCS
|
Ground Control Segment
|
| GDOP
|
Geometric Dilution Of Precision
|
| GEAS
|
GNSS Evolutionary Architecture Study
|
| GEO
|
Geostationary Orbit
|
| GESS
|
Galileo Experimental Sensor Stations
|
| GGSP
|
Galileo Geodetic Service Provider
|
| GIC
|
GNSS/Ground Integrity Channel
|
| GIM
|
Global Ionospheric Maps
|
| GIOVE
|
Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element
|
| GIS
|
Geographic Information System
|
| GIT
|
GNSS Implementation Team
|
| GIVD
|
Grid Ionospheric Vertical Delay
|
| GIVE
|
Grid Ionospheric Vertical Error
|
| GIVEI
|
GIVE Indicators
|
| GJU
|
Galileo Joint Undertaking
|
| GLA
|
General Lighthouse Authorities
|
| GLONASS
|
GLObal NAvigation Satellite System
|
| GLONASST
|
GLONASS Time
|
| GLP
|
Good Laboratory Practice
|
| GLS
|
GNSS Landing System
|
| GMDSS
|
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
|
| GMS
|
Ground Mission Segment
|
| GMSK
|
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
|
| GMST
|
Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time
|
| GMT
|
Greenwich Mean Time
|
| GNS
|
Global Navigation System
|
| GNSS
|
Global Navigation Satellite System
|
| GNSSP
|
GNSS Panel
|
| GOC
|
Galileo Operating Company
|
| GPRS
|
General Packet Radio Service
|
| GPS
|
Global Positioning System
|
| GPS/MET
|
Global Positioning System/Meteorology
|
| GPSOC
|
GPS Operations Center
|
| GPST
|
GPS Time
|
| GPSW
|
GPS Wing
|
| GRACE
|
Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
|
| GRAPHIC
|
Group and Phase Ionospheric Calibration
|
| GRAS
|
Ground-based Regional Augmentation System
|
| GRS
|
Geodetic Reference System
|
| GRSP
|
Galileo Geodetic Reference Service Provider
|
| GSA
|
European GNSS Agency
|
| GSLV
|
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
|
| GSM
|
Global System for Mobile communication
|
| GSO
|
Geostationary Satellites Orbit
|
| GSS
|
Galileo Sensor Stations
|
| GST
|
Galileo System Time
|
| GTRF
|
Galileo Terrestrial Reference Frame
|
| GUS
|
Ground Uplink Stations
|
| HAL
|
Horizontal Alert Limit
|
| HD
|
Hydrostatic Delay
|
| HD
|
Hard Disk
|
| HDOP
|
Horizontal Dilution Of Precision
|
| HEO
|
Highly Elliptical Orbit
|
| HF
|
High Frequency
|
| HIS
|
High Integrity Service
|
| HMI
|
Hazardous Misleading Information
|
| HP
|
High Precision
|
| HPA
|
High Power Amplifier
|
| HPE
|
Horizontal Position Error
|
| HPL
|
Horizontal Protection Level
|
| HPPS
|
High Precision Positioning Service
|
| HPS
|
High Precision Service
|
| HTML
|
Hyper Text Markup Language
|
| I/NAV
|
Integrity Navigation Message
|
| IAEA
|
International Atomic Energy Agency
|
| IAG
|
International Association of Geodesy
|
| IAS
|
Institut Aero Spatial
|
| IAU
|
International Astronomical Union
|
| IBPL
|
Isotropy Based Protection Level
|
| IBS
|
Integrated Bridge Systems
|
| IC
|
Integrated Chips
|
| ICAO
|
International Civil Aviation Organization
|
| ICC
|
Institut Cartografic de Catalunya
|
| ICD
|
Interface Control Document
|
| ICG
|
International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems
|
| ICR
|
Isotropic Confidence Ratio
|
| ICRF
|
International Celestial Reference Frame
|
| ICRS
|
International Celestial Reference System
|
| ICS
|
Internal Communication Subsystem
|
| IDF
|
Ionospheric Disturbance Flag
|
| IEP
|
Initial Experimental Phase
|
| IERS
|
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
|
| IF
|
Intermediate Frequencies
|
| IGEX
|
International GLONASS EXperiment
|
| IGP
|
Ionospheric Grid Point
|
| IGS
|
International GNSS Service
|
| IGSO
|
Inclined Geo-Synchronous Orbit
|
| ILRS
|
IRNSS Laser Ranging Station
|
| ILS
|
Instrument Landing Systems
|
| IM
|
Inter Modulation
|
| IMO
|
International Maritime Organization
|
| IMU
|
Inertial Measurement Unit
|
| INC
|
IRNSS Navigation Centre
|
| INLUS
|
Indian Land Uplink Station
|
| INMCC
|
Indian Master Control Center
|
| INRES
|
Indian REference Stations
|
| INS
|
Inertial Navigation System
|
| IOC
|
Initial Operational Capability
|
| IOD
|
Issues of Data
|
| IODC
|
Issue of Data Clock
|
| IODE
|
Issue Of Data Ephemeris
|
| IODF
|
Issue Of Data Fast Corrections
|
| IODI
|
Issue of Data IGP Mask
|
| IODN
|
Issue of Data Navigation
|
| IODP
|
Issue Of Data PRN mask
|
| IODS
|
Issue of Data Service Message
|
| ION
|
Institute Of Navigation
|
| IONEX
|
IONosphere map EXchange format
|
| ION-NTM
|
ION National Technical Meeting
|
| IOR-W
|
Indian Ocean Region West
|
| IOT
|
In-Orbit Test
|
| IOV
|
In-Orbit Validation
|
| IP
|
Internet Protocol
|
| IPF
|
Integrity Processing Facility
|
| IPP
|
Ionospheric Pierce Point
|
| IRCDR
|
IRNSS CDMA Ranging Stations
|
| IRDCN
|
IRNSS Data Communication Network
|
| IRIMS
|
IRNSS Range and Integrity Monitoring Stations
|
| IRN
|
Information Request Notice
|
| IRNSS
|
Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
|
| IRNWT
|
IRNSS Timing Centre
|
| IRTTC
|
IRNSS TTC and Uplinking Stations
|
| ISI
|
Inter Symbol Interference
|
| ISM
|
Integrity Support Message
|
| ISRO
|
Indian Space Research Organization
|
| ISS
|
International Space Station
|
| ITR
|
International Terrestrial Reference
|
| ITRF
|
International Terrestrial Reference Frame
|
| ITRS
|
International Terrestrial Reference System
|
| ITU
|
International Telecommunications Union
|
| ITU-R
|
International Telecommunications Union Radiocommunication Sector
|
| IWG
|
Interoperability Working Group
|
| JAXA
|
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
|
| JD
|
Julian Day
|
| JLOC
|
Jammer Location
|
| JMA
|
Japan Meteorological Agency
|
| JPL
|
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|
| KH
|
Kelvin-Helmholtz
|
| KMF
|
Key Management Facility
|
| L2CL
|
L2 Civil Long
|
| L2CM
|
L2 Civil Moderate
|
| LAAS
|
Local Area Augmentation System
|
| LAST
|
Local Apparent Sidereal Time
|
| LBS
|
Location Based Services
|
| LCA
|
Liability Critical Applications
|
| LCD
|
Liquid Crystal Display
|
| LEO
|
Low Earth Orbit
|
| LEOP
|
Launch Early OPerations
|
| LEX
|
Michibiki experimental signal
|
| LFSR
|
Linear Feedback Shift Registers
|
| LHCP
|
Left Hand Circular Polarization
|
| LM
|
Local Mean
|
| LMST
|
Local Mean Sidereal Time
|
| LNA
|
Low Noise Amplifier
|
| LNAV
|
Lateral Navigation
|
| LO
|
Local Oscillator
|
| LOC
|
Linear Offset Carrier
|
| LOS
|
Line-Of-Sight
|
| LP
|
Localizer Performance
|
| LPV
|
Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance
|
| LRIT
|
Long Range Identification and Tracking
|
| LT
|
Long Term
|
| LVP
|
Low Visibility Procedures
|
| MASPS
|
Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards
|
| MBOC
|
The Multiplexed Binary Offset Carrier
|
| MCC
|
Mission Control Centers
|
| MCS
|
Master Control Station
|
| MCS
|
Multilevel Coded Spreading Symbols
|
| MEAG
|
Mission Evolution Advisory Group
|
| MEDLL
|
Multipath Estimating Delay Lock Loop
|
| MEH
|
Marine Electronic Highway
|
| MEO
|
Medium Earth Orbit
|
| MEOSAR
|
Medium Earth Orbit Search And Rescue
|
| METIS
|
Mediterranean Introduction of GNSS Services
|
| MGF
|
Message Generation Facility
|
| MHSS
|
Multiple Hypothesis Solution Separation
|
| MI
|
Misleading Information
|
| MJD
|
Modified Julian Day
|
| MLS
|
Microwave Landing System
|
| MLU
|
MRS Land User service
|
| MM
|
Monument Marker
|
| MMI
|
Man Machine Interface
|
| MMSSS
|
Multi-Mode Spread-Spectrum Sub-carrier Modulation
|
| MNAV
|
Military NAVigation Message
|
| MOB
|
Man Overboard
|
| MODIP
|
MOdified DIP latitude
|
| MOPS
|
Minimum Operational Performance Specification
|
| MPR
|
MultiPath Ratio
|
| MPSK
|
Multiple Phase Shift Keying
|
| MRA
|
Measurement Rejection Approach
|
| MRS
|
Multi-Constellation Regional System
|
| MS
|
Monitor Stations
|
| MSAS
|
MTSAT Satellite Augmentation System
|
| MSC
|
Mobile Satellite Communications
|
| MSD
|
Minimum Set of Data
|
| MSE
|
Mean-Square Error
|
| MSF
|
Mission Support Facility
|
| MSI
|
Misleading Signal-in-Space Information
|
| MSK
|
Minimum Shift Keying
|
| MSTID
|
Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances
|
| MT
|
Military Tracking
|
| MT
|
Message Type
|
| MT0
|
Message Type 0
|
| MT1
|
Message Type 1
|
| MT2
|
Message Type 2
|
| MT3
|
Message Type 3
|
| MT4
|
Message Type 4
|
| MT5
|
Message Type 5
|
| MTPF
|
Maintenance and Training Platform
|
| MTSAT
|
Multifunctional Transport Satellite
|
| MUCF
|
Mission Uplink Control Facility
|
| NAD83
|
North American Datum of 1983
|
| NANUs
|
Notice Advisory to Navstar Users
|
| NAPEOS
|
Navigation Package for Earth Observation Satellites
|
| NAS
|
National Airspace System
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| NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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| NAV
|
Navigation Message
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| NAVCEN
|
NAVigation CENter
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| NCA
|
Non-Critical applications
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| NCO
|
Numerical Control Oscillators
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| NDB
|
Non-Directional Beacon
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| NDGPS
|
Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System
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| NELP
|
Non-coherent Early minus Late Power
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| NEU
|
North-East-Up
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| NGA
|
National Geospatial-Intelligency Agency
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| NIST
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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| NLES
|
Navigation Land Earth Stations
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| NLOS
|
Non Line Of Sight
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| NMCS
|
New Master Control Station
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| NMEA
|
National Marine Electronics Association
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| NOCC
|
National Operations Control Center
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| NOTAM
|
NOTice to AirMen
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| NPA
|
Non-Precision Approach
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| NPV
|
Non Precision Approach with vertical guidance
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| NRTK
|
Network RTK
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| NRZ
|
Non-Return to Zero
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| NSE
|
Navigation System Error
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| NSP
|
Navigation System Panel
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| NSU
|
Navigation Signal generator Unit
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| NSV
|
Near Space Vehicle
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| NTRIP
|
Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol
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| OA
|
Operational Advisories
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| OBD
|
On-Board diagnostics
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| OBU
|
On Board Unit
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| OCC
|
Operational Control Centers
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| OCS
|
Operational Control System
|
| OCX
|
Operational Control Segment
|
| OD&TS
|
Orbit Determination and Time Synchronisation
|
| ODTS
|
Orbit Determination and Time Synchronisation
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| OEM
|
Original Equipment Manufacturer
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| OLAF
|
from French: Office de Lutte Anti-Fraude
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| ONCE
|
Spanish organisation for the blind
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| OPF
|
Operations Preparation Facility
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| OQPSK
|
Offset QPSK
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| ORMS
|
Orbiter and Radio Metric Systems
|
| OS
|
Open Service
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| OS
|
Operative System
|
| OSD
|
Open Signal Data
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| OSP
|
Open Signal Pilot
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| OSPF
|
Orbit determination and Synchronization Processing Facility
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| OTF
|
On-The-Fly
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| PA
|
Precision Approach
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| PACF
|
Performance Assessment and Checkout Facility
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| PANS
|
Procedures for Air Navigation Services
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| PAYD
|
Pay-As-You-Drive
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| PBN
|
Performance-Based Navigation
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| PCV
|
Phase Centre Variations
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| PDA
|
Personal Digital Assistant
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| PDF
|
Portable Document Format
|
| PDM
|
Position Domain Monitoring
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| PDOP
|
Position Dilution Of Precision
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| PE
|
Protection Error
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| PFD
|
Primary Flight Display
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| PL
|
Protection Level
|
| PLANS
|
Position Location and Navigation Symposium
|
| PLL
|
Phase Lock Loop
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| PM
|
Phase Modulation
|
| PND
|
Portable Navigation Devices
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| PNG
|
Portable Network Graphics
|
| PNT
|
Positioning
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| POD
|
Precise Orbit Determination
|
| POI
|
Point Of Interest
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| PPP
|
Precise Point Positioning
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| PPS
|
Precise Point Service
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| PR
|
Pseudo Random
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| PRN
|
Pseudo-Random Noise
|
| PRS
|
Public Regulated Service
|
| PRTODTS
|
Precise Real Time Orbit Determination and Time Synchronization
|
| PS
|
Precision Service
|
| PSD
|
Power Spectral Density
|
| PSK
|
Phase-Shift Keying
|
| PSTD
|
Pseudospectral Time-Domain
|
| PTC
|
Positive Train Control
|
| PTF
|
Precision Timing Facility
|
| PTP
|
Point-To-Point
|
| PVT
|
Position
|
| PZ-90
|
Parametry Zemli 1990 (Parameters of the Earth 1990)
|
| QOS
|
Quality Of Service
|
| QPSK
|
Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
|
| QPSM
|
Quadrature Product Sub-carrier Modulation
|
| QZSS
|
Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
|
| RAAN
|
Right Ascension of the Ascending Node
|
| RAIM
|
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
|
| RC
|
Rased Cosine
|
| RCF
|
Raised Cosine Filter
|
| RDS
|
Radio Data System
|
| RDSS
|
Radio Determination Satellite Service
|
| RECs
|
Regional Economic Communities
|
| RF
|
Radio Frequency
|
| RFC
|
Radio Frequency Compatibility
|
| RFI
|
Radio Frequency Interference
|
| RFID
|
Radio-Frequency Identification
|
| RHCP
|
Right Hand Circular Polarization
|
| RICS
|
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
|
| RIMS
|
Ranging Integrity Monitoring Stations
|
| RINEX
|
Receiver INdependent EXchange format
|
| RK4
|
4th order Runge-Kutta
|
| RMS
|
Root Mean Square
|
| RNAV
|
aRea NAVigation
|
| RNP
|
Required Navigation Performance
|
| RNSS
|
Radionavigation Satellite System
|
| RRAIM
|
Relative RAIM
|
| RRC
|
Range Rate Corrections
|
| RRC
|
Root Raised Cosine
|
| RSA
|
Russian Space Agency
|
| RSIM
|
Reference Stations and Integrity Monitors
|
| RSN
|
Reference Stations Network
|
| RTCM
|
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services
|
| RTK
|
Real-Time Kinematics
|
| RUC
|
Road User Charging
|
| RX
|
Receiver
|
| S/A
|
Selective Availability
|
| SA
|
Select Availability
|
| SACCSA
|
From Spanish: Soluci
|
| SAIF
|
Submeter-class Augmentation with Integrity Function
|
| SAM
|
South America Region
|
| SAR
|
Search and Rescue
|
| SARPs
|
Standard and Recommended Practices
|
| SBAS
|
Satellite-Based Augmentation System
|
| SBCS
|
Sinusoidal Binary Coded Symbols
|
| SCA
|
Safety Critical Applications
|
| SCC
|
System Control Centre
|
| SCC
|
Spacecraft Control Centre
|
| SCCF
|
Spacecraft and Constellation Control Facility
|
| SCPF
|
Spacecraft and Constellation Planning Facility
|
| SDA
|
System Design Approval
|
| SDCM
|
System of Differentional Correction and Monitoring
|
| SDD
|
Service Definition Document
|
| SDR
|
Software Defined Radio
|
| SEP
|
Spherical Error Probable
|
| SF
|
Single Frequency
|
| SGLS
|
Space Ground Link Subsystem
|
| SI
|
International System of Physical Units
|
| SINEX
|
Solution (Software/technique) INdependent EXchange format
|
| SIS
|
Signal In Space
|
| SISA
|
Signal-in-Space Accuracy
|
| SISE
|
SIS Error
|
| SISMA
|
SIS Monitoring Accuracy
|
| SLR
|
Satellite Laser Ranging Station
|
| SMCS
|
Sinusoidal Multilevel Coded Symbol
|
| SMS
|
Short Message Service
|
| SNAS
|
Satellite Navigation Augmentation System
|
| SNIR
|
Signal to Noise plus Interference Ratio
|
| SNR
|
Signal to Noise Ratio
|
| SNT
|
SBAS Network Time
|
| SOC
|
Sinusoidal Binary Offset Carrier
|
| SoL
|
Safety-of-Life
|
| SOLAS
|
Safety of Life at Sea
|
| SOTDMA
|
Self-Organizing Time Division Multiple Access
|
| SP
|
Service Provider
|
| SP3
|
Standard Product #3
|
| SPAC
|
Satellite Positioning Research and Application Center
|
| SPD
|
Slant Path Delay
|
| SPEED
|
Support Platform for EGNOS Evolutions and Demonstrations
|
| SPF
|
Service Product Facility
|
| SPP
|
Standard Point Positioning
|
| SPS
|
Standard Positioning Service
|
| SQM
|
Signal Quality Monitoring
|
| SRD
|
System Requirement Document
|
| SRIF
|
Square-Root Information Filtering
|
| SRRC
|
Square-Root Raised Cosine
|
| SS
|
Spread Spectrum
|
| SSC
|
Spectral Separation Coefficient
|
| SSEG
|
Space Segment
|
| SSTL
|
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
|
| ST
|
Short Term
|
| STC
|
aircraft Supplemental Type Certificates
|
| STEC
|
Slant Total Electron Content
|
| STF
|
Signal Task Force
|
| SU
|
Soviet Union
|
| SUPPs
|
regional SUPplementary Procedures
|
| SV
|
Space Vehicle
|
| SVN
|
Space Vehicle Number
|
| SW
|
Synchronization Words
|
| SW
|
Software
|
| TACAN
|
TACtical Air Navigation
|
| TAI
|
From French: Temps Atomique International
|
| TBD
|
see TCB
|
| TCA
|
Terminal Control Area
|
| TCAR
|
Three-Carrier Ambiguity Resolution
|
| TCAS
|
Traffic Collision Avoidance System
|
| TCB
|
from French: Temps Coordonnee Barycentrique
|
| TCG
|
from French: Temps Coordonnee Geocentrique
|
| TDARDS
|
Truth Data Acquisition
|
| TDB
|
from French: Temps Dinamique Barycentrique
|
| TDOP
|
Time Dilution Of Precision
|
| TDS
|
Technology Demonstration System
|
| TDT
|
Terrestrial Dynamic Time
|
| TEC
|
Total Electron Content
|
| TECU
|
Total Electron Content Unit
|
| TGD
|
Total Group Delay
|
| TLM
|
TeLeMetry
|
| TLS
|
Target Level of Safety
|
| TMBOC
|
Time-Multiplexed BOC
|
| TMR
|
Triple Modular Redundancy
|
| TOW
|
Time Of Week
|
| TRF
|
Terrestrial Reference Frame
|
| TRS
|
Conventional Terrestrial Reference System
|
| TS
|
Time Synchronisation
|
| TSO
|
Technical Standard Order
|
| TT
|
Terrestrial Time
|
| TT&C
|
Telemetry
|
| TTA
|
Time-To-Alert
|
| TTC
|
Telemetry
|
| TTFF
|
Time To First Fix
|
| TUS
|
Test User Segment
|
| TV
|
Television
|
| TX
|
Transmitter
|
| U.S.
|
United States
|
| UAV
|
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
|
| UCAR
|
University Corporation of Atmospheric Research
|
| UDRE
|
User Differential Range Error
|
| UDREI
|
UDRE Indicator
|
| UEN
|
Up-East-North
|
| UERE
|
User Equivalent Range Error
|
| UIRE
|
User Ionospheric Range Error
|
| UK
|
United Kingdom
|
| ULS
|
Mission Uplink Stations
|
| UMTS
|
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
|
| UNB
|
University of New Brunswick
|
| UNE
|
Up North East
|
| UNECA
|
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
|
| UNISPACE
|
United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
|
| UPC
|
Technical University of Catalonia
|
| URA
|
User Range Accuracy
|
| URE
|
User Range Error
|
| US
|
United States
|
| USA
|
United States of America
|
| USB
|
Universal Serial Bus
|
| USCG
|
U.S. Coast Guard
|
| USNDS
|
US Nuclear Detonation (NuDet) Detection System
|
| USNO
|
United States Naval Observatory
|
| UT
|
Universal Time
|
| UT0
|
Universal Time 0
|
| UT1
|
Universal Time 1
|
| UT2
|
Universal Time 2
|
| UTC
|
Universal Time Coordinated
|
| UV
|
Ultra Violet
|
| VAL
|
Vertical Alert Limit
|
| VDB
|
VHF Data Broadcast
|
| VDLL
|
Vector DLL
|
| VDOP
|
Vertical Dilution Of Precision
|
| VE
|
Very Early
|
| VHF
|
Very High Frequency
|
| VL
|
Very Late
|
| VLBI
|
Very Long Baseline Interferometry
|
| VNAV
|
Vertical Navigation
|
| VOR
|
VHF Omnidirectional Range
|
| VPE
|
Vertical Position Error
|
| VPL
|
Vertical Protection Level
|
| VRS
|
Virtual Reference Station
|
| VTS
|
Vessel Traffic Service
|
| WAAS
|
Wide Area Augmentation System
|
| WAD
|
Wide Area Differential
|
| WADGPS
|
Wide Area Differential GPS
|
| WAGE
|
Wide Area GPS Enhancements
|
| WAN
|
Wide Area Network
|
| WAP
|
Wireless Application Protocol
|
| WARTK
|
Wide Area Real-Time Kinematics
|
| WARTK-EGAL
|
Wide Area Real-Time Kinematics based on EGNOS and Galileo
|
| WG
|
World Geodetic
|
| WG
|
Working Group
|
| WGS
|
World Geodetic System
|
| WGS84
|
World Geodetic System 84
|
| WLS
|
Weighted Least Square
|
| WMS
|
WAAS Master Station
|
| WRC
|
World Radio Conference
|
| WRS
|
Wide-area Reference Stations
|
| XPE
|
Vertical/ Horizontal Protection Error
|
| XPL
|
Vertical/ Horizontal Protection Level
|
| ZHD
|
Zenith Hydrostatic Delay
|
| ZPD
|
Zenith Path Delay
|
| ZTD
|
Zenith Tropospheric Delay
|
| ZWD
|
Zenith Wet Delay
|