(1) Allocated resource : A resource allocated to a service for specific time period, according to the relevant service request.
(2) Available resource : A resource which is not allocated to a service for specific time period.
(3) Common Union pool or pool : The pool of resources which are made available to GOVSATCOM through contracts or agreements with resource providers.
(4) Compensation: Payment mechanism based on tokens.
(5) Competent GOVSATCOM Authority (CGA): The entity designated by a participant in accordance with Article 68(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/696 to perform the tasks referred to in Article 68(5).
(6) Conflict : The situation where the volume of a certain resource in the pool is lower than the aggregated volume needed by service requests for a specific time period; thus, service requests conflict over the same resource.
(7) Crisis margin : The resources of the pool which remain available for dynamic allocation in case of high priority request(s) for which no matching and available resources are found in the other parts of the pool.
(8) Dynamic allocation : The allocation of services and resources to a participant according to its users’ service requests which are issued during a Pool Programming Term (PPT).
(9) Fixed allocation : The allocation of services and resources for the whole PPT according to the expressed plan of each participant, before the starting date of the PPT.
(10) GOVSATCOM services or services : The services included in the GOVSATCOM service portfolio.
(11) GOVSATCOM Hub services : The services which are provided by the GOVSATCOM Hub to support the operation of the GOVSATCOM system. GOVSATCOM Hub services support, such as the selection, the booking, the establishment, the provision of GOVSATCOM services, the allocation and the deallocation of resources etc. and which are not included in the GOVSATCOM service portfolio.
(12) GOVSATCOM system : The system which includes the GOVSATCOM Hub(s), the GOVSATCOM Security Monitoring Infrastructure, the interfaces between the GOVSATCOM Hub(s) and the Competent GOVSATCOM Authorities, the interfaces between the GOVSATCOM Hub(s) and the resource providers, and any other EU-owned infrastructure necessary to enable the provision of satellite capacities and services pooled and shared by resource providers and made available to GOVSATCOM users.
(13) Participant’s account : The account of the participant which holds its tokens.
(14) Participant share : The share of pool’s resources corresponding to a GOVSATCOM participant. The share is expressed in tokens.
(15) Pool Programmatic Term (PPT) : The fixed time period for which contracts or agreements have been concluded between the Commission and resource providers for the inclusion of their resources to the Common Union pool.
(16) Pre-Emption : The drop, interruption or downgrading of a service due to conflict resolution.
(17) Resource : Satellite communication capacity, service, asset, user equipment used for the provision of services identified in the Service Portfolio Implementing Acts [ref.] which are allocated to the GOVSATCOM participants in the form of services.
(18) Resource provider : An entity referred to in Article 64 of Regulation (EU) 2021/696 providing resources to the Common Union pool, through contracts or agreements with the Union, which owns and/or operates the space systems and the associated ground segment and networks.
(19) Resource request : The request issued by the GOVSATCOM Hub to a resource provider with the purpose to allocate/deallocate pooled resources.
(20) Service request : The request issued by a CGA to the GOVSATCOM Hub with the purpose to confirm availability of resources and proceed to their allocation for the provision of a service.
(21) Token : The unit used for payment (compensation) of GOVSATCOM Services.