The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-81

January-March 1985

E. C. Posner
Editor


May 15, 1985

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

OSTDS TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION

Relating the Planetary Ephemerides and the Radio Reference Frame
A. E. Niell, X X Newhall, R. A. Preston, G. L. Berge, D. O. Muhleman, D. J. Rudy, J. K. Campbell, P. B. Esposito, and E. M. Standish
NASA Code 310-10-60-50-00

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

Photo Detection With Cooled Avalanche Photodiodes: Theory and Preliminary Experimental Results
D. L. Robinson and D. A. Hays
NASA Code 310-20-67-55-00

STATION CONTROL ANd SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

Techniques for Computing the DFT Using the Residue Fermat Number Systems and VLSI
T. K. Truong, J. J. Chang, I. S. Hsu, D. Y. Pei, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 310-30-70-84-08

Bit Error Rate of Coherent M-ary PSK
P. J. Lee
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Synchronizing Heavily Encoded Data In Bad Weather
L. Swanson
NASA Code 310-30-71-84-04

A Software Simulation Study of a Sequential Decoder Using the Fano Algorithm
F. Pollara
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-04

Symbol Stream Combining in a Convolutionally Coded System
R. J. McEliece, F. Pollara, and L. Swanson
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-04

NETWORK DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCTIVITY

An Integrated UNIX-Based CAD System for the Design and Testing of Custom VLSI Chips
L. J. Deutsch
NASA Code 310-40-72-15-00

DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS

High-Speed Digital Baseband Mixer
F. P. Chan, M. P. Quirk, and R. F. Jurgens
NASA Code 314-30-59-31-01

Digital Filters for Digital Phase-Locked Loops
M. Simon and A. Mileant
NASA Code 314-30-53-20-02

Errata

Maintenance of Time and Frequency in the DSN Using the Global Positioning System
P. A. Clements, A. Kirk, and S. E. Borutzki
NASA Code 314-30-56-56-19

NETWORK SUSTAINING

Network Information Management Subsystem
C. C. Chatburn
NASA Code 314-30-41-17-03

A Description of the 64-Meter Antenna Elevation Drive Gears and Their Strange Wear
H. McGinness
NASA Code 314-30-56-04-05

Repair of the DSS-14 Pedestal Concrete
D. McClure
NASA Code 314-40-48-00-10

DSN Operations
TDA PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS

Determining Availability Characteristics of DSN Data Systems Using Discrepancy Report Data
A. M. Ruskin and C. T. Quach
NASA Code 314-40-31-30-08


The research described in this publication was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, service, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.


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