Iterative decoding for partial response (PR), equalized,magneto-optical (MO) data storage channels

Turbo codes and low-density parity check (LDPC) codes with iterative decoding have received significant research attention because of their remarkable near-capacity performance for additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels. Previously, turbo code and LDPC code variants are being investigated as potential candidates for high-density magnetic recording channels suffering from low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR). We address the application of turbo codes and LDPC codes to magneto-optical (MO) recording channels. Our results focus on a variety of practical MO storage channel aspects, including storage density, partial response targets, the type of precoder used, and mark edge jitter. Instead of focusing just on bit error rates (BER), we also study the block error statistics. Our results for MO storage channels indicate that turbo codes of rate 16/17 can achieve coding gains of 3-5 dB over partial response maximum likelihood (PRML) methods for a 10^-4 target BER. Simulations also show that the performance of LDPC codes for MO channels is comparable to that of turbo codes, while requiring less computational complexity. Both LDPC codes and turbo codes with iterative decoding are seen to be robust to mark edge jitter     

Message and source factors, market uncertainty, and extrafunctionalinformation processing: hypotheses and empirical evidence

This article examines how the perceived quality of extrafunctional information improves the innovation management process and contributes to success with innovations. Data collected from 420 Japanese managers and 270 US managers are used to test hypotheses about the antecedents of satisfaction with extra-functional information and the impacts on new product performance. The results demonstrate that the level of marketing and R&D managers' satisfaction with extrafunctional information is an important predictor of new product success and financial performance. The results also show that marketing and R&D managers differ significantly in their preferences and criteria for evaluating extrafunctional information. The empirical evidence suggests that the factors that increase R&D's satisfaction with market information are not necessarily the same as those that increase marketing's satisfaction with R&D satisfaction. Each functional area should recognize which message factors are most related to high satisfaction with received information, and emphasize these when sending such information. The authors also discovered the moderating effects of market and technical uncertainty that should provide guidance for marketing and R&D managers on how to allocate their efforts in information transfer based on the external environment. The empirical findings also revealed some cross-cultural differences, as well as a few similarities, between US and Japanese respondents     

Analysis of an adaptive rate convolutionally coded multicarrierDS/CDMA system

The analysis of an adaptive rate convolutionally coded multicarrier direct sequence code division multiple-access (DS/CDMA) system is considered. In order to accommodate a number of coding rates easily and make the encoder and decoder structure simple, we use the rate-compatible punctured convolutional (RCPC) code. We obtain data throughputs at several coding rates, and choose the coding rate that has the highest data throughput in the signal-to-interference and noise ratio (SINR) sense. To achieve maximum data throughput, a rate adaptive system is proposed based on the channel state information (the SINR estimate). The SINR estimate is obtained by the soft decision Viterbi decoding metric. We show that the proposed rate adaptive convolutionally coded multicarrier DS/CDMA system can enhance the spectral efficiency and provide frequency diversity     

激光干涉诊断电热化学发射装置产生的等离子体射流

叙述了用光楔错位干涉与高速摄影技术相结合诊断电热化学发射装置中等离子体发生器产生的等离子体射流的方法,得到了等离子体射流的电子密度和温度等参数的分布。该方法有助于改进电热化学发射装置中等离子体发生器的设计及其效能的提高。     

An efficient frequency offset estimator for OFDM systems and itsperformance characteristics

In this paper, we propose a new frequency synchronization algorithm for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems requiring only one training symbol, based on a conventional method which requires two training symbols. While the timing synchronization is obtained by using the conventional method, the carrier frequency offset is efficiently estimated by the proposed method. It is shown that the proposed method not only reduces the number of the training symbols but also possesses better performance than the conventional method without increase in complexity     

All-fiber WDM optical crossconnect using ultrastrong widely tunableFBGs

We demonstrate an all-fiber wavelength-division-multiplexed optical crossconnect using ultrastrong fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with wide tunability. These FBGs have 0.2-nm bandwidths and can be tuned over ~52 nm due to a novel grating preparation technique to reduce mechanical strength degradation. There is negligible distortion in the transmission spectra while tuning the grating, and the crossconnect architecture uses cascades of these gratings for WDM operation. The ability to tune these >98% reflectivity gratings completely out of the entire WDM signal band minimizes the leakage of unwanted signal power and leads to the improvements of >10-dB crosstalk and >0.6-dB power penalty compared with conventional gratings     

40-nm-wide tunable fiber ring laser with single-mode operationusing a highly stretchable FBG

We demonstrate a 750-Hz linewidth single-mode erbium-doped fiber (EDF) ring laser with wide tunability using a widely tunable fiber Bragg grating (FBG). The stable single-mode operation is realized by using the FBG as a narrow wavelength-selective element and 4 m of unpumped EDF as a saturable absorber in the cavity. The 40-nm continuous tuning range of 1522-1562 nm is achieved using a highly stretchable FBG that exhibits a filter tuning range of over 52 nm. The grating is prepared with chemically stripped deuterium-loaded fiber to eliminate degrading factors for the grating strength, thereby achieving the wide tunability. The tuning range represents a 3.5-fold increase in wavelength tuning over previous use of FBGs     

高速通信系统中Turbo乘积码的研究

Turbo乘积码是一类易于硬件实现高速迭代译码的分组码。对Turbo乘积码软输入软输出迭代译码算法进行了分析。将Turbo乘积码与QAM调制结合起来,提出了一种简化的、便于硬件实现的联合解调译码方案。仿真结果表明这种简化方案对译码性能影响很小。     

基于频谱编码技术的OCDMA系统

光码分多址（OCDMA）系统中的地址码采用双极性码是一种较好的选择,但需要解决含有成分的地址码不能在光信道中直接传输的问题。频谱编码（spectral encoding）技术不但能有效解决这一难题,并有助于全光OCDMA的实现。在分析频谱编码的理论基础的前提下,介绍了几种基于双极性码和频谱编码的OCDMA的实现方案,并探讨了系统 前景及需要解决的技术问题。     

单通道混合信号的幅度估计算法

针对非协作通信场合中同调制参数的MSK单通道混合信号的幅度估计问题进行研究。在MSK混合信号的循环谱推导的基础上,通过搜索零频率处循环频率轴上的大强度谱线进行混合信号的幅度估计,利用循环谱算法中的泄漏谱包络辅助来消除谱线选择时存在的模糊问题,并通过大强度谱线位置的泄漏谱包络值来修正相应位置的循环谱幅度,以提高估计精度。仿真结果表明在信噪比大于?15dB时,该方法对功率差异不大的混合信号幅度具有较高的估计精度。该算法无需任何先验信息,适用于低信噪比环境,具有实用价值。