The Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report 42-139

July-September 1999

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor in Chief


November 15, 1999

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National Aeronautics and
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Note From the Editor

Preface

A Simple Tight Bound on Error Probability of Block Codes with Application to Turbo Codes
D. Divsalar

Quantization Considerations for Distortion-Controlled Data Compression
M. Klimesh

A Joint Receiver-Decoder for Convolutionally Coded Binary Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK)
J. Hamkins

Performance of Coherent Binary Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK) with Costas-Loop Tracking in the Presence of Interference
M. K. Simon

Carrier Synchronization for Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio Binary Phase-Shift-Keyed Modulated Signals
V. Vilnrotter, A. Gray, and C. Lee

Demonstration and Evaluation of the Ka-Band Array Feed Compensation System on the 70-Meter Antenna at DSS 14
V. Vilnrotter and D. Fort

Data Analysis and Results of the Ka-Band Array Feed Compensation System-Deformable Flat Plate Experiment at DSS 14
P. Richter, M. Franco, and D. Rochblatt

Optimization of a Deep-Space Ka-Band Link Using Atmospheric-Noise-Temperature Statistics
S. Shambayati

Azimuth-Track-Level Compensation to Reduce Blind-Pointing Errors of the Beam-Waveguide Antennas
W. Gawronski, F. Baher, and O. Quintero

Modifications of the Torque-Bias Profile for Improved Tracking of Beam-Waveguide Antennas
W. Gawronski, J. J. Brandt, H. G. Ahlstrom, Jr., and E. Maneri

Measurements of Complex Dielectric Constants of Paints and Primers for DSN Antennas: Part II
T. Y. Otoshi, R. Cirillo, Jr., and J. Sosnowski

Errata


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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