The Interplanetary Network Progress Report

Volume 42-168

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor in Chief


February 15, 2007

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

Lossy Image Compression and Stereo Ranging Quality from Mars Rovers
A. Kiely, A. Ansar, A. Castano, M. Klimesh, and J. Maki

Optimizations of a Turbo-Like Decoder for Deep-Space Optical Communications
M. K. Cheng, M. A. Nakashima, B. E. Moision, and J. Hamkins

Performance and Decoder Complexity Estimates for Families of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
S. Dolinar and K. Andrews

Variable Sample Rate Conversion Techniques for the Advanced Receiver
A. Tkacenko

Link Analysis of a Telecommunication System on Earth, in Geostationary Orbit, and at the Moon: Atmospheric Attenuation and Noise Temperature Effects
C. Ho, A. Kantak, S. Slobin, and D. Morabito

Design of a Wideband Radio Telescope
W. A. Imbriale, S. Weinreb, and H. Mani

Measurement of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power during Early Cruise
D. D. Morabito, D. Lee, M. M. Franco, and S. Shambayati


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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