
PSEUDORANDOM NUMBER (PRN)
The identification number of a GPS satellite.
PSEUDO-RANGE
Range that includes errors due to clock offset.
PSP
Presentation System Port – A communication port on the
AIS transponder used as an interface to external sys-
tems, i.e. the MX420.
PULSE SPEED SENSOR
Speed log whose speed output signal is defined by a
pulse rate output.
RANGE RESIDUAL
The difference between the expected satellite range and
the measured satellite range for the last measurement
taken from each satellite in the constellation.
RATDMA
Random Access Time Division Multiple Access – Access
protocol for transmissions which have not been pre-
announced. This is used for the first transmission during
data link network entry or for messages of non-repeat-
able character.
REFERENCE COMPASS
The compass against which the steering compass (see
STEERING COMPASS) may be calibrated.
REFERENCE ELLIPSOID
A mathematical description of the Earth’s ellipsoidal
shape (see ELLIPSOID), which is the reference frame for
positioning computation.
REFERENCE GPS MONITOR
A GPS CDU whose precise (surveyed) position is known.
It compares its own GPS position solution to the sur-
veyed position and generates correction values as a
function of the position coordinate differentials. The cor-
rection values are transmitted to user GPS CDUs for use
as corrections to their own GPS position solutions.
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