National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents
OSO TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION
Determination of Earth Orientation Using the Global Positioning System
A. P. Freedman
NASA Code 310-10-61-87-02
Simple Analytic Potentials for Linear Ion Traps
G. R. Janik, J. D. Prestage, and L. Maleki
NASA Code 310-10-62-15-00
Microwave Oscillator With Reduced Phase Noise by Negative Feedback Incorporating Microwave Signals With Suppressed Carrier
G. J. Dick and J. Saunders
NASA Code 310-10-62-34-00
Effect of Laser Frequency Noise on Fiber-Optic Frequency Reference Distribution
R. T. Logan, Jr., G. F. Lutes, and L. Maleki
NASA Code 310-10-62-16-00
Thermal Coefficient of Delay for Various Coaxial and Fiber-Optic Cables
G. Lutes and W. Diener
NASA Code BG 310-10-62-16-00
COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND
Performance of the All-Digital Data-Transition Tracking Loop in the Advanced Receiver
U. Cheng and S. Hinedi
NASA Code 310-30-70-04-02
Costas Loop Lock Detection in the Advanced Receiver
A. Mileant and S. Hinedi
NASA Code 310-30-70-04-02
Photon Statistical Limitations for Daytime Optical Tracking
W. M. Folkner and M. H. Finger
NASA Code 310-20-67-89-02
STATION CONTROL AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
Memory Management in Traceback Viterbi Decoders
O. Collins and F. Pollara
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02
Some Easily Analyzable Convolutional Codes
R. McEliece, S. Dolinar, F. Pollara, and H. Van Tilborg
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02
Quantization Effects in Viterbi Decoding Rate 1/n Convolutional Codes
I. M. Onyszchuk, K.-M. Cheung, and O. Collins
NASA Code 310-30-72-88-01
Big Viterbi Decoder (BVD) Results for (7,1/2) Convolutional Code
J. Statman, J. Rabkin, and B. Siev
NASA Code 310-30-72-88-01
Fast Transform Decoding of Nonsystematic Reed-Solomon Codes
T. K. Truong, K.-M. Cheung, I. S. Reed, and A. Shiozaki
NASA Code 310-30-70-87-02
Application of Adaptive Least-Squares Algorithm to Multi-Element Array Signal Reconstruction
R. Kumar
NASA Code 310-30-70-89-01
FLIGHT-GROUND ADVANCED ENGINEERING
The Effects of Sinusoidal Interference on the Second-Order Carrier Tracking Loop Preceded by a Bandpass Limiter in the Block IV Receiver
C. J. Ruggier
NASA Code 315-20-50-00-05
DSN Systems Implementation
NETWORK SUSTAINING
Disturbance Torque Rejection Properties of the NASA/JPL 70-Meter Antenna Axis Servos
R. E. Hill
NASA Code 314-30-42-01-44
CAPABILITIES FOR EXISTING PROJECTS
Parkes Radio Science System Design and Testing for Voyager Neptune Encounter
T. A. Rebold and J. F. Wesse
NASA Code 314-40-41-81-11
CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS
32-GHz Performance of the DSS-14 70-Meter Antenna: 1989 Configuration
M. S. Gatti, M. J. Klein, and T. B. H. Kuiper
NASA Code 310-20-64-89-00
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