GPS (Global Positioning System)

A satellite-based navigation system comprising a constellation of

24 Navstar satellites launched by the United States Department of Defense from 1978 to 1994.The satellites are in multiple medium-earth orbital (MEO) paths at altitudes of approximately 11,000 miles, and are

74570c07.qxd 9/11/07 12:21 PM Page 209

• Table I-3: IPv4 Address Classes
• Table I-4: Selected ITU-T I-Series Recommendations
• Table I-4: Selected ITU-T I-Series Recommendations (continued)
• Table I-5: ITU-T Series Recommendations
• Table J-1: Japanese Digital Hierarchy: J-carrier
• Table L-1: Longitudinal Redundancy Check (LRC)
• Table M-1: International Morse Code
• Table O-1: OSI Reference Model Layers
• Table O-2: G.709 Line Rates and Corresponding SDH/SONET Line Rates
• Table P-1: Evolution of PBX technology
• Table P-2: Military and Aviation Phonetic Alphabet
• Table Q-1: Selected ITU-T Q-Series Recommendations
• Table R-1: Before and After: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) and Regional Bell Operating
• Table R-1: Before and After: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) and Regional Bell Operating
• Table R-2: Coaxial Cable Types
• Table S-1: SDTV Scanning Formats
• Table S-2: SONET/SDH Signal Hierarchy
• Table T-1: North American Digital Hierarchy: T-carrier
• Table T-2: TCP/IP Protocol Suite
• Table V-1: Electromagnetic Signal Propagation Velocity (Approximate)
• Table V-2: Vertical Redundancy Check (VRC)
• Table V-3: Selected ITU-T V-Series Recommendations
• Table W-1: ITU-T Transmission Windows
• Table X-1: DSL Technology Comparisons
• Table X-2: ITU-T X Series Recommendation Groups