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Annex 5 - List of abbreviations used in this document
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AGA - Air Ground Air
AIS- Automatic Identification System
APP- Appendix of the ITU Radio Regulations
AVI- Automatic Vehicle Idenfication
BSS - Broadcasting Satellite Service
BWA- Broadband Wireless Access
CB- Citizen Band
CEPT - European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
CRS - Central Radio Station
DEC - Decision
DECT - Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication
DME- Distance Measuring Equipment
DMO - Direct Mode Operation
DSC- Digital Selective Calling
DSI - Detailed Spectrum Investigation
DVB-T - Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting
ECA - European Common Allocation
ECC - Electronic Communications Committee
ECM- Electronic Countermeasures
ECP - European Common Proposal
EESS - Earth Exploration-Satellite Service
EGSM- Extended GSM
EISCAT- European Incoherent SCATter facility
ENG - Electronic News Gathering
EPIRB - Emergency Position-Indicating Radiobeacon
ERC - European Radiocommunications Committee
ERO - European Radiocommunications Office
E/s- Earth-to-space direction
EU- EUropean footnote
FB- Frequency Band
FDD - Frequency Division Duplex
FM- Frequency Modulation
FSS- Fixed-Satellite Service
FWA - Fixed Wireless Access
GE75- Geneva 1975 Agreement
GE85- Geneva 1985 Agreement
GLONASS- Global Navigation Satellite System
GMDSS - Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS- Global Positioning System
GSM - Global System for Mobile Communications
GSM 1800- Global System for Mobile Communications using 1800 MHz band
GSM-R- GSM for Railways
HAPS - High Altitude Platform Systems
HDFS- High Density Fixed Service
HDFSS- High Density Fixed-Satellite Service
HDTV - High Definition Television
HEST- High E.i.r.p. Satellite Terminals
HF- High Frequency
HIPERLAN - High Performance Radio Local Area Network
IALA- International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
IBCN - Integrated Broadband Communications Network
ILS - Instrument Landing System
IMO- International Maritime Organisation
ISM - Industrial, Scientific and Medical
ITU - International Telecommunication Union
JTIDS - Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
LEST- Low E.i.r.p. Satellite Terminals
MIDS - Multifunctional Information Distribution System
ML- Mobile Link (Mobile station transmits)
MLS - Microwave Landing System
MSI - Maritime Safety Information
MSS - Mobile Satellite Service
MWS- Multimedia Wireless System
NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NAVTEX- Narrow-Band Direct-printing telegraphy System for transmission of navigational and meteorological warnings and urgent Information to ships
NDB- Non-Directional Beacon
NJFA- NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement
OB - Outside Broadcasting
OR- (OR) Off-Route
PAMR - Public Access Mobile Radio
PKO- Peace Keeping Operations
PMR - Professional Mobile Radio, Private Mobile Radio
PWAP- Private Wide Area Paging
R- (R) Route
R&TTE- Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
RA - Radio Astronomy
REC- Recommendation
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
RLANS- Radio Local Area Network System
RR - ITU Radio Regulations
RTTT - Road Transport & Traffic Telematics
SAB - Services Ancillary to Broadcasting
SAP - Services Ancillary to Programming
SAR(communications)- Search and Rescue
S-DAB- Satellite Digital Audio Broadcasting
s/E- space-to-Earth direction
SIT- Satellite Interactive Terminal
SNG - Satellite News Gathering
S-PCS - Satellite Personal Communication System
SRD - Short Range Device
SRR- Short Range Radar
SSR - Secondary Surveillance Radar
SUT- Satellite User Terminal
TACAN- Tactical Air Navigation
T-DAB - Terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting
TETRA - Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TS - Terminal Station
TV- Television
UMTS- Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UIC- International Union for Railways
UWB- Ultra – Wideband
VLBI- Very Long Baseline Interferometry (Radio Astronomy)
VOR- VHF Omni-directional Range
VTS- Vessel Traffic System (radar)
VSAT- Very Small Aperture Terminal
WARC- World Administrative Radio Conference
WAS- Wireless Access System
WRC- World Radiocommunication Conference
BFWA- Broadband Fixed Wireless Accrss
TLPRTank Level Probing Radar
BMA- Building Material Analysis
CGC- Complementary Ground Component
IMT- Interntional Mobile Telecommunications
ITS- Intelligent Transport Systems
LDC- Low Duty Cycle
TRR- Tactical Radio Relays
ULP-AMIUltra Low Power Active Medical Implants
BBDR- Broad Band Disaster Relief
GSMOBV- GSM on board vessels
PPDR- Public Protection and Disaster Relief
TDD- Time Division Duplex
TRA-ECS- Terrestrial Radio Applications Capable of Providing Electronic Communications Services
ODC- Object Discrimination and Characterisation
MFCN- Mobile Fixed Communications Network
LPR-AMI- Low Power Active Medical Implants
LPR- Level Probing Radar
EFIS- European Frequency Information Systems
LT2- Location Tracking Type 2
LAES- Location Application for Emergency Services
MES- Mobile Earth Stations
AMS(R)S- Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services