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LIAISON PORTEE OPTIQUE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1994-11-22
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Telecommunications
- Telephony and Microwave Technology
- Aeroindustry
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- line-of-sight link
1, record 1, English, line%2Dof%2Dsight%20link
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
With a microwave system, essentially requiring line-of-sight links, this would in turn postulate either an extremely dense and costly network of ground stations, (together with the virtual impossibility of including in the network aircraft flying over oceans, unless a system of moored buoys were to be invented), or the provision of some other form of system architecture. 2, record 1, English, - line%2Dof%2Dsight%20link
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Télécommunications
- Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
- Constructions aéronautiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- liaison à vue
1, record 1, French, liaison%20%C3%A0%20vue
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- liaison en visibilité directe 1, record 1, French, liaison%20en%20visibilit%C3%A9%20directe
correct, feminine noun
- liaison à portée optique 2, record 1, French, liaison%20%C3%A0%20port%C3%A9e%20optique
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
liaison radio ordinaire entre un aéronef et une station au sol ou un autre aéronef séparés par une distance au plus égale à celle de l'horizon. 1, record 1, French, - liaison%20%C3%A0%20vue
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Avec un système à hyperfréquences, nécessitant essentiellement des liaisons à portée optiques, [le] réseau devrait être extrêmement dense et serait donc très coûteux. 2, record 1, French, - liaison%20%C3%A0%20vue
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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