Radar Target Generator - RTG1002 Edition Date: 19-Apr-18
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ACP Azimuth Change Pulse
ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance, Broadcast
Annex 10 Aeronautical Telecommunication, Annex 10 to the Convention on
International Civil Aviation, the principle international document
defining SSR
ARP Azimuth Reference Pulse
ATC Air Traffic Control
COTS Commercial Off The Shelf
CPU Computer Processing Unit
CW Continuous wave
dB Decibel
Downlink The signal path from aircraft to ground
FL Flight Level, unit of altitude (expressed in 100’s of feet)
FRUIT False Replies Unsynchronized In Time, unwanted SSR replies
received by an interrogator which have been triggered by other
interrogators
GPS Global Positioning System
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICD Interface Control Document
IE Intersoft Electronics
IF Intermediate Frequency
I/O Input/Output
IP Internet Protocol
LAN Local Area Network
LVA Large Vertical Aperture (antenna)
Monopulse Radar-receiving processing technique used to provide a precise
bearing measurement
MSSR Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar
MTD Moving Target Detection
MTI Moving Target Indicator
Multipath Interference and distortion effects due to the presence of more
than one path between transmitter and receiver
NM Nautical Mile, unit of distance
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
Plot extractor Signal-processing equipment which converts receiver video into
digital target reports suitable for transmission by land lines
PPI Plan Position Indicator
PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency
PSR Primary Surveillance Radar
Radar Radio Detection And Ranging
Radome Radio-transparent window used to protect an antenna principally
against the effects of weather
RASS-R Radar Analysis Support Systems – Real-time measurements
RASS-S Radar Analysis Support Systems – Site measurements
RCS Radar Cross Section
RDP Radar Data Processing (system)
RF Radio Frequency
RTQC Real Time Quality Control
RX Receiver
SAC System Area Code
SIC System Identification Code
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