Cross-Industry

Single Point of Failure A single point of failure is any component, path, service, or dependency whose failure can bring down the larger system because no equivalent fallback exists. Concept/Framework Site Diversity Site diversity is the deployment of equivalent or complementary functions across separate sites so service can continue when one location is impaired. Concept/Framework Situational Awareness The accurate, sufficiently current understanding of a dynamic operational environment — including entity positions, prevailing conditions, and how the situation is changing — that supports effective decision-making by a person… Concept/Framework Software As A Service Software As A Service is a delivery model in which software is hosted by a provider and accessed over a network, removing most local software management from the user. Service Model Software Defined Networking Software Defined Networking is a network architecture that separates control logic from forwarding behavior and manages the network through software-based control. It decouples decision-making from packet handling. Concept/Framework Software Defined Payload Software Defined Payload is a communications payload whose functions are controlled, configured, or reconfigured through software rather than being fixed entirely by hardware design. Hardware Software Defined Radio A radio hardware platform in which functions traditionally implemented in fixed analog hardware — modulation, filtering, frequency selection — are instead performed in software running on digital processing hardware, allowing… Hardware Space Systems Space systems are the collection of spacecraft, ground segments, mission control functions, and supporting infrastructure used to operate a mission in the space environment. The term includes the architecture required… Concept/Framework Spacecraft A spacecraft is a hardware platform intended to operate in the space environment and perform a mission such as communications, sensing, navigation, or experimentation. It includes the structural, power, control,… Hardware Spectral Efficiency Spectral Efficiency is the amount of useful information transmitted per unit of spectrum, usually expressed as bits per second per hertz. It measures how effectively spectrum is converted into usable… Concept/Framework