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Appendix A<br />

Page A-16<br />

Latency Compensation – High accuracy applications may correct <strong>for</strong> system latency introduced position<br />

errors using ADS-B time synchronized position and velocity in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

Low Level Alert – An optional alert issued when CDZ penetration is predicted outside of the CDZ alert<br />

boundary.<br />

Mixed Equipage – An environment where all aircraft do not have the same set of avionics. For example,<br />

some aircraft may transmit ADS-B and others may not, which could have implications <strong>for</strong> ATC<br />

and pilots. A mixed equipage environment will exist until all aircraft operating in a system have<br />

the same set of avionics.<br />

Nautical mile (NM) – A unit of length used in the fields of air and marine navigation. In this document,<br />

a nautical mile is always the international nautical mile of 1852 meters exactly.<br />

Navigation Accuracy Category - Position (NACP) – The NACP parameter describes the accuracy region<br />

about the reported position within which the true position of the surveillance position reference<br />

point is assured to lie with a 95% probability at the reported time of applicability.<br />

Navigation Accuracy Category - Velocity (NACV) – The NACV parameter describes the accuracy about<br />

the reported velocity vector within which the true velocity vector is assured to be with a 95%<br />

probability at the reported time of applicability.<br />

Navigation Integrity Category (NIC) – NIC describes an integrity containment region about the<br />

reported position, within which the true position of the surveillance position reference point is<br />

assured to lie at the reported time of applicability.<br />

Navigation sensor availability – An indication of the ability of the guidance function to provide usable<br />

service within the specified coverage area, and is defined as the portion of time during which the<br />

sensor in<strong>for</strong>mation is to be used <strong>for</strong> navigation, during which reliable navigation in<strong>for</strong>mation is<br />

presented to the crew, autopilot, or other system managing the movement of the aircraft.<br />

Navigation sensor availability is specified in terms of the probability of the sensor in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

being available at the beginning of the intended operation. [RTCA DO-247, §5.2.2.3]<br />

Navigation sensor continuity – The capability of the sensor (comprising all elements generating the<br />

signal in space and airborne reception) to per<strong>for</strong>m the guidance function without non-scheduled<br />

interruption during the intended operation. [RTCA DO-247, §5.2.2.2]<br />

Navigation sensor continuity risk – The probability that the sensor in<strong>for</strong>mation will be interrupted and<br />

not provide navigation in<strong>for</strong>mation over the period of the intended operation. [RTCA DO-247,<br />

§5.2.2.2]<br />

Navigation <strong>System</strong> Integrity – This relates to the trust that can be placed in the correctness of the<br />

navigation in<strong>for</strong>mation supplied. Integrity includes the ability to provide timely and valid<br />

warnings to the user when the navigation system must not be used <strong>for</strong> navigation.Navigation<br />

Uncertainty Category (NUC) – Uncertainty categories <strong>for</strong> the state vector navigation variables<br />

are characterized by a NUC data set provided in the ADS-B sending system. The NUC includes<br />

both position and velocity uncertainties. (This term was used in DO-242. DO-242A separated<br />

the integrity and accuracy components of NUC into NIC, NAC, and SIL parameters.)<br />

Operational Mode Code – A code used to indicate the current operational mode of transmitting ADS-B<br />

participants.<br />

©20xx, RTCA, Inc.

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