National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
Progress in Design and Construction of the Optical Communications Laser Laboratory
K. E. Wilson, M. Britcliffe, and N. Golshan
An Analysis of Heterodyne Pulse-Position Modulation Communication Systems Over Unguided, Turbulent Optical Channels
K. Kiasaleh and T.-Y. Yan
Performance of Binary Turbo-Coded 256-ary Pulse-Position Modulation
J. Hamkins
The Capacity of Avalanche Photodiode-Detected Pulse-Position Modulation
J. Hamkins
Comparative Deep-Space Link Performance
J. W. Layland
Micro Communications and Avionics Systems First Prototype (MCAS1): A Low Power, Low Mass In Situ Transceiver
M. Agan, A. Gray, E. Grigorian, D. Hansen, E. Satorius, and C. Wang
Deep Space Terminal Demonstration
L. Paal, N. Golshan, F. Fisher, E. Law, W. Veruttipong, and M. Stockett
Design and Performance of the Monopulse Pointing System of the DSN 34-Meter Beam-Waveguide Antennas
M. A. Gudim, W. Gawronski, W. J. Hurd, P. R. Brown, and D. M. Strain
Performance of a 12-Kilometer Photonic Link for X-Band Antenna Remoting in NASA's Deep Space Network
W. Shieh, G. Lutes, S. Yao, L. Maleki, and J. Garnica
An Estimate of Interference Effect From the Los Angeles Area High-Density Fixed Services (HDFS) on the Goldstone DSN Receiver Above 30 GHz: Monte Carlo Simulation
C. Ho, M. Sue, and C. Ruggier
An Automation Language for Managing Operations (ALMO) in the Deep Space Network
P. F. Santos and P. Pechkam
Measurements of Complex Dielectric Constants of Paints and Primers for DSN Antennas: Part I
T. Y. Otoshi, R. Cirillo, Jr., and J. Sosnowski
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