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TRACK TELLING [1 record]

Record 1 1999-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence
  • Signals (Military)
  • Military Communications
DEF

The process of communicating air surveillance and tactical data information between command and control systems or between facilities within the systems. Telling may be classified into the following types: 1. Back tell - The transfer of information from a higher to a lower echelon of command. 2. Cross tell - the transfer of information between facilities at the same operational level. Also called "lateral tell" 3. Forward tell - The transfer of information to a higher level of command. 4. Overlap tell - The transfer of information to an adjacent facility concerning tracks detected in the adjacent facility's area of responsibility. 5. Relateral tell - The relay of information between facilities through the use of a third facility. This type of telling is appropriate between automated facilities in a degraded communications environment.

OBS

track telling: term and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • back tell
  • cross tell
  • forward tell
  • overlap tell
  • relateral tell
  • lateral tell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
  • Transmissions militaires
DEF

Procédure utilisée pour la transmission d'informations tactiques ou de défense aérienne entre les composantes d'un système global. Cette procédure peut se décomposer en : [1] transfert descendant : d'un niveau hiérarchique vers un niveau inférieur. [2] transfert latéral : entre niveaux hiérarchiques équivalents. [3] transfert ascendant : d'un niveau hiérarchique à un niveau supérieur. [4] transfert de recoupement : d'un niveau à un autre, voisin, et relatif aux pistes de ce voisin. [5] transfert par tiers interposé: d'un niveau à un autre en passant par l'intermédiaire d'un troisième utilisé comme relais. Ce dernier type est surtout utilisé dans une situation où les transmissions sont difficiles.

OBS

transfert de pistes : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • transfert descendant
  • transfert latéral
  • transfert ascendant
  • transfert de recoupement
  • transfert par tiers interposé

Spanish

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