This paper presents the characteristics of an integrated circuit called "turbo4" which can be used as a turbo-encoder or as a turbo-decoder. The turbo-encoder is built using a parallel concatenation of two recursive systematic convolutional codes with constraint length K=5. The turbo-decoder is cascadable, each circuit processing one iteration of the turbo-decoding algorithm. It is designed aro...

This paper introduces a lossless color filter array (CFA) image compression scheme capable of handling high dynamic range (HDR) representation. The proposed pipeline consists of a series of pre-processing operations followed by a JPEG XR encoding module. A deinterleaving step separates the CFA image to sub-images of a single color channel, and each sub-image is processed by a proposed weighted ...

In this report, we consider the performance of trellis coded multilevel differential phase-shift-keying (MDPSK) over Rician and Rayleigh fading channels. For operation at L-Band, this signaling technique leads to a more robust system than the coherent system with dual pilot tone calibration previously proposed for UHF. The results are obtained using a Combination of analysis and simulation. The...

Since histogram-based methods are formed by some simple differences, they are very desirable for deinterleaving. However, their main imperfection concerns recognizing complex pulse repetition interval (PRI) patterns like jittered and staggered ones. In this paper, we present new thresholds to detect jittered and staggered PRI from histogram-based methods even in complex circumstances such as no...

In this report, we consider the performance of trellis coded multilevel differential phase-shift-keying (MDPSK) over Rician and Rayleigh fading channels. For operation at L-Band, this signaling technique leads to a more robust system than the coherent system with dual pilot tone calibration previously proposed for UHF. The results are obtained using a Combination of analysis and simulation. The...