Chapter 17. Appendix G – Glossary

APG : Absolute Pressure Gauge

CS : Configuration Status

DBV : Degree of Voice Breaks

DD : Data Delay

DHCP : Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

FEC : Forward Error Correction

GPS : Global Positioning System

HDPE : Hyper-Density PolyEthylene

ICT : Inter Character Time

IP : Internet Protocol

LAN : Local Area Network

LED : Light-Emitting Diode

LG : Linear Gain

LMF : Lower Medium Frequency

LPC : Low Power Computer

LTA : Long Term Average

MD : Modem Delay

MDFT : Modem Data Frame Transfer

MEMS : MicroElectroMechanical System

MPPT : Maximum Power Point Tracking

MR : Master Retries

MR (command) : Measure Range

MS : Modem Status

NPL : Navigation Power Level

OBS : Ocean Bottom System

PoE : Power over Ethernet

PTP : Precision Time Protocol

RAM : Random-Access Memory

ROV : Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle

RXW : Receiver Wait

SBC : Single Board Computer

SoH : State of Health

SPL : Start Power Level

SNR : Signal to Noise Ratio.

STA : Short Term Average

TAT : Turn-Around-Time

TPL : Telemetry Power Level

TS : Telemetry Scheme

UD : Uplink Delay

UID : Unique IDentification

ULPD : Ultra Low Power Digitiser

XC : Cross Correlation