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DISPONIBILIDAD SELECTIVA [1 record]

Record 1 2002-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Satellite Telecommunications
DEF

A set of techniques for denying the full accuracy and selecting the level of positioning, velocity and time accuracy of GPS available to users of the standard positioning service signal. [Definition officially approved by ICAO.]

OBS

selective availability; SA: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
DEF

Concept désignant les techniques qui permettent de réduire délibérément la précision du service de localisation standard et de fixer le niveau de précision en position, en vitesse et en temps du GPS. [Définition uniformisée par l'OACI.]

OBS

disponibilité sélective; SA : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayuda para la navegación aérea
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Telecomunicaciones por satélite
DEF

Un conjunto de técnicas para denegar la exactitud completa y para seleccionar el nivel de determinación de posición, la velocidad y la exactitud horaria del GPS de que disponen los usuarios de la señal normal del servicio de determinación de la posición. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

disponibilidad selectiva; SA : término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional(OACI).

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