Coding for reliable satellite communications

Several error control coding techniques for reliable satellite communications were investigated to find algorithms for fast decoding of Reed-Solomon codes in terms of dual basis. The decoding of the (255,223) Reed-Solomon code, which is used as the outer code in the concatenated TDRSS decoder, was of particular concern

A concatenated coding scheme for error control

A concatenated coding scheme for error contol in data communications was analyzed. The inner code is used for both error correction and detection, however the outer code is used only for error detection. A retransmission is requested if either the inner code decoder fails to make a successful decoding or the outer code decoder detects the presence of errors after the inner code decoding. Probability of undetected error of the proposed scheme is derived. An efficient method for computing this probability is presented. Throughout efficiency of the proposed error control scheme incorporated with a selective repeat ARQ retransmission strategy is analyzed

Two hybrid ARQ error control schemes for near Earth satellite communications

Two hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) error control schemes are proposed for NASA near Earth satellite communications. Both schemes are adaptive in nature, and employ cascaded codes to achieve both high reliability and throughput efficiency for high data rate file transfer

Detection of, and communication with space vehicles during atmospheric entry, problems in simulation

Detection of, and communication with spacecraft during atmospheric entry - simulation problem

Superradiance in spin-JJ particles: Effects of multiple levels

We study the superradiance dynamics in a dense system of atoms each of which can be generally a spin-$j$ particle with $j$ an arbitrary half-integer. We generalize Dicke's superradiance point of view to multiple-level systems, and compare the results based on a novel approach we have developed in {[}Yelin \textit{et al.}, arXiv:quant-ph/0509184{]}. Using this formalism we derive an effective two-body description that shows cooperative and collective effects for spin-$j$ particles, taking into account the coherence of transitions between different atomic levels. We find that the superradiance, which is well-known as a many-body phenomenon, can also be modified by multiple level effects. We also discuss the feasibility and propose that our approach can be applied to polar molecules, for their vibrational states have multi-level structure which is partially harmonic.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figure

Extended Hubbard model on a C20_{20} molecule

The electronic correlations on a C$_{20}$ molecule, as described by an extended Hubbard Hamiltonian with a nearest neighbor Coulomb interaction of strength $V$, are studied using quantum Monte Carlo and exact diagonalization methods. For electron doped C$_{20}$, it is known that pair-binding arising from a purely electronic mechanism is absent within the standard Hubbard model (V=0). Here we show that this is also the case for hole doping for $0<U/t\leq 3$ and that, for both electron and hole doping, the effect of a non-zero $V$ is to work against pair-binding. We also study the magnetic properties of the neutral molecule, and find transitions between spin singlet and triplet ground states for either fixed $U$ or $V$ values. In addition, spin, charge and pairing correlation functions on C$_{20}$ are computed. The spin-spin and charge-charge correlations are very short-range, although a weak enhancement in the pairing correlation is observed for a distance equal to the molecular diameter.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures, 4 table