19.7.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 190/187
ANNEX IV
DEFINITIONS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX I TO III 1.
Very Large Area (VLA) The VLA concept consists in defined geographical regions allowing to group sensors.
At first order, the same sensor placed in locations in different VLAs will show different performance and added value.
The following “Very Large Areas” are considered today: — VLA ‘Asia’ — VLA ‘Europe’ — VLA ‘North America’ — VLA ‘Oceania’ — VLA ‘Pacific Ocean’ — VLA ‘South of Africa’ — VLA ‘South America’ The approximate location of the VLAs is illustrated in this figure:
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Architecture studies The term ‘architecture studies’ gathers a set of system engineering activities.
It includes the evaluation of performance and the added value of a given asset, a given upgrade, a whole network of sensor or the evaluation and classification of alternative design solutions and the justification of their ranking.
The architecture studies are consistent with a bottom up approach targeting best value for money, avoiding unnecessary duplication while monitoring that the system answers the high-level user needs.
The architecture studies covers all the functions of the system: Sensor function, Data processing function and Service function. 3.
Raw data Data at sensor level that has not undergone any post-processing (such as data per radar pulse, images, and photon detection).