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Acronyms & Abbreviations

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A   
ACC

Area Control Centre

ADS

Automatic Dependent Surveillance

ADS-B

Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast

ADS-C

Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Contract

APP

Approach

APW

Area Proximity Warning

ARTAS

Air Traffic Management Surveillance Tracker and Server System

ASTERIX

All Purpose STructured Eurocontrol suRveillance Information EXchange

ATC

Air Traffic Control

ATCC

Air Traffic Control Centre

ATM

Air Traffic Management

ATN

Aeronautical Telecommunications Network

C   
CAT

Data Category

CD

Collision Detection

CDTI

Cockpit Display of Traffic Information

CLNP

Connectionless Network Protocol

COTP4

Connection Oriented Transport Protocol

COTS

Commercial Off-The-Shelf

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CSCI

Computer Software Configuration Item

CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access

CWP

Controller Working Position

D   
DAF

Data Analysis Facility (Software)

DAS

Data Facility Station (Hardware)

DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation

DED

Directorate of EATCHIP Development

DM

Distributed Management

E   
EATCHIP

European Air Traffic Control Harmonisation and Integration Programme

ES

End System

EUROCONTROL

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation Services

F   
FDDI

Fibre Distributed Data Interface

FDPS

Flight Data Processing System

FIFO

First In First Out

FPPS

Flight Plan Processing System

FRN

Field Reference Number

FSPEC

Field Specification

G   
GDLP

Ground Data Link Processor

H   
HWCI

Hardware Configuration Item

I   
IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IP

Internet Protocol

IS

Intermediate System

ISBN

International Standard Book Number

ISDN

Integrated Services Data Network

ISO

International Standards Organisation

L   
LAN

Local Area Network

LEN

Length Indicator

LLC

Logical Link Control

LLC1

Logical Link Layer

LU

Logical User

M   
MAC

Media Access Control

MMS

Man Machine Interface and Surpervision (Software)

MSAW

Minimum Safe Altitude Warning

N   
NAI

Non Automatic Initiation

NTP

Network Time Protocol

O   
OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

P   
PDC

Private Data Channel

POEMS

Pre-Operational European Mode S Station

PTP

Point to Point

R   
RADNET

Radar Data Network

RB

Route Bridge (Hardware)

RBR

Router Bridge (Software)

REC

Recording (Software)

RFC

Request for Comments

RFS

Radar Fallback System

RMCDE

Radar Message Conversion and Distribution Equipment

RSSP

Radar Systems Specialist Panel

S   
SAC

Single Attached Concentrator

or

Source Area Code

or

System Area Code

SAP

System Access Parameters

SCN

Surveillance Co-ordination Network

SDPS

Surveillance Data Processing System

SIC

Source Identity Code

or

System Identity Code

SIMARTAS

ARTAS CSCI Simulator of an ARTAS User

SIR

Serveur d'Information Radar

SMCGS

Surface Movement Guidance and Control System

SMS

Surface Movement System

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SRS

Software Requirement Specification

SRV

Server (Software)

SS

Server (Hardware)

SSR

Secondary Surveillance Radar

SSS

System Segment Specification

STCA

Short Term Conflict Alert

STFRDE

Surveillance Task Force for Radar Data Exchange (previous RDE-FG)

SUR

SURveillance

T   
TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TMA

Terminal Manoeuvring Area

TMCS

Technical Monitoring and Control System

TP4

Transport Protocol

TRK

Tracker (Software)

U   
UAP

User Application Profile

UBSS

Unix Based System Software

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

W   
WAN

Wide Area Network