receiver autonomous integrity monitoring
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receiver autonomous integrity monitoring
(ri′sēv·ər ö¦tän·ə·məs in′teg·rəd·ē ′män·ə·triŋ)
(navigation) A method of providing consistency for the Global Positioning System (GPS) within the user avionics by checking the consistency of range measurements from redundant observations on GPS satellites. Abbreviated RAIM.
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receiver autonomous integrity monitoring
A technique in which an airborne global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver/processor autonomously monitors the integrity of the navigation signals from GNSS satellites. See also global navigation satellite system.
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