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ATP
Automated Train Control and Protection

COTS
Commercial Off-The-Shelf

EGNOS
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

ERTMS
European Rail Traffic Management Standard

ESA
European Space Agency

ETCS
European Train Control Standard

GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System

GNSS-1
Global Navigation Satellite System - 1st Generation
the combination of the European EGNOS, the American WAAS, and the Japanese MSAS providing equivalent augmentation services on a world-wide basis

GPRS
General Packet Radio Service

GPS
Global Positioning System

GPS/EGNOS
Global Positioning System / European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

GSM
Global Standard for Mobile Communication

GSM-R
Global Standard for Mobile Communication - Railway

INTEGRAIL
GPS/EGNOS-based Rail Navigation User Equipment

LRBG
Last Relevant Balise Group

MSAS
Multi-Functional Satellite Augmentation System
the Japanese equivalent of the American WAAS and the European EGNOS system

PVT
Position, Velocity, and Time

SA
Selective Availability

SatCom
Satellite Communication

SatNav
Satellite Navigation

TTA
Time To Alarm

WAAS
Wide Area Augmentation System
the American equivalent of the European EGNOS system

 

 

 

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