National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
Iterative Turbo Decoder Analysis Based on Density Evolution
D. Divsalar, S. Dolinar, and F. Pollara
A Generalized Pre-Processor for Block and Convolutionally Coded Signals
V. Vilnrotter, C. Lee, and N. Lay
Hardware Implementation of a Lossless Image Compression Algorithm Using a Field Programmable Gate Array
M. Klimesh, V. Stanton, and D. Watola
Avalanche Photodiode Arrays for Optical Communications Receivers
M. Srinivasan and V. Vilnrotter
Achieving and Maintaining Deep Space 1 Spacecraft High-Gain Antenna Pointing Control by Data Monitoring and Immediate Corrective Commanding
J. Taylor and P. Ko
Single-Aperture Multiple-Carrier Uplink Using a 20 Kilowatt X-Band Transmitter
T. Cornish
Water Vapor Radiometer-Global Positioning System Comparison Measurements and Calibration of the 20 to 32 Gigahertz Tropospheric Water Vapor Absorption Model
S. J. Keihm, Y. Bar-Sever, and J. Liljegren
Beacon-Based Exception Analysis for Multimissions: Technology for Autonomous Self-Analysis
R. Mackey, M. James, H. Park, and M. Zak
The Gray-Box Approach to Sensor Data Analysis
M. Zak and H. Park
Should the Master Equatorial Be a Slave?
W. Gawronski, H. G. Ahlstrom, Jr., and A. M. Bernardo
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