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A
ACARS Aircraft Communication Addressing & Reporting System
AES Aircraft Earth Station
AFIS Automatic Flight Information Service
AMER Americas (Satellite coverage)
ANSI American National Standards Institute, facilitates the voluntary
establishment of standards.
AORE Atlantic Ocean Region East (Satellite coverage)
AORW Atlantic Ocean Region West (Satellite coverage)
APAC Asia Pacific (Satellite coverage)
ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated
B
BGAN Broadband Global Area Network
BITE Built-In Test Equipment. A BITE error is a hardware error
detected by the automatic error detection system in the
satcom system.
Broadcast call A call that is made to all handsets simultaneously. The first
handset that replies establishes the connection, and the other
handsets are disconnected from the call.
C
C-Channel A bidirectional communications channel between ground and
air. C-channels are typically used for voice communications.
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