Publications of Jon Hamkins


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Public documents

Journal Papers
Book Chapters
Conference Papers
NASA Tech Briefs
TMO, IND, and IPN Progress Reports
Theses

Internal documents

Internal JPL Reports
Technical Memos
JPL Section 331 Seminars

Journal Papers

  1. A. Biswas, B. Moision, W. Roberts, W. Farr, A. Gray, K. Quirk, J. Hamkins, M. Cheng, J. Gin, M. Nakashima, G. Ortiz, S. Piazzolla, C. Liebe, D. Losh
    "Palamar Receive Terminal (PRT) for the Mars Laser Communication Demonstration (MLCD) Project,"
    Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 95, no. 30, October 2007, p. 2045-2058.

  2. J. Hamkins, B. Moision
    "Multipulse PPM on Discrete Memoryless Channels",
    IEEE Transactions on Communications, submitted

  3. J. Hamkins, M. Simon
    "Low-Complexity Approximations to Maximum Likelihood MPSK Modulation Classification",
    IEEE Transactions on Communications, submitted

  4. J. Hamkins
    "Accurate Computation of the Performance of M-ary Orthogonal Signaling on a Discrete Memoryless Channel"
    IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 52, no. 11, November 2004, p. 1844-1845.
    html, ps(112k), ps.gz(45k), pdf(85k), pdf.gz(55k), abstract

  5. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Gaussian Source Coding with Spherical Codes"
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
    vol. 48, no. 11, November 2002, p. 2980-2989.
    ps(1.5M), ps.gz(287k), pdf(364k), pdf.gz(305k), abstract

  6. J. Hamkins
    "An analytic technique to separate cochannel FM signals"
    IEEE Transactions on Communications
    vol. 48, no. 4, April 2000, p. 543-546.
    html, ps(164k), ps.gz(61k), pdf(55k)

  7. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Asymptotically Dense Spherical Codes---Part I: Wrapped Spherical Codes"
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
    vol. 43, no. 6, November 1997, p. 1774-1785
    ps(622k), ps.gz(219k), pdf(552k) Erratum: html, ps(19k), ps.gz(9k), pdf(8k)

  8. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Asymptotically Dense Spherical Codes---Part II: Laminated Spherical Codes"
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
    vol. 43, no. 6, November 1997, 1786-1798
    ps(940k), ps.gz(296k), pdf(744k)

  9. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Improved Bounds on Maximum Size Binary Radar Arrays"
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
    vol. 43, no. 3, May 1997, pp. 997-1000
    ps(451k), ps.gz(84k), pdf(183k)

Books and Book Chapters

  1. J. Hamkins, ed.
    Autonomous Radios
    Deep Space Communications and Navigation Series
    John Wiley & Sons, in preparation

  2. J. Hamkins, B. Moision
    "Channel Coding Techniques"
    Chapter in: Near-Earth Optical Communications
    Hamid Hemmati, ed., in preparation

  3. S. Dolinar, J. Hamkins, B. Moision, and V. Vilnrotter
    "Optical Modulation and Coding"
    Chapter 3 in: Deep-Space Optical Communications
    Hamid Hemmati, ed., John Wiley & Sons, to appear

Conference Papers

  1. J. Hamkins, B. Moision
    "Title to be announced",
    Satellite Data Compression, Communications, and Archiving Conference, Optics & Photonics 2005
    San Diego, CA, July-August 2005 (invited).

  2. J. Hamkins, B. Moision
    "Multipulse PPM on Memoryless Channels,"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), to appear
    Chicago, IL, June-July 2004.

  3. J. Hamkins, M. Klimesh, R. McEliece, B. Moision
    "Capacity of the Generalized PPM channel,"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), to appear
    Chicago, IL, June-July 2004.

  4. J. K.-S. Lee, B. Lee, J. Thorpe, K. Andrews, S. Dolinar, J. Hamkins
    "A Scalable Architecture of a Structured LDPC Decoder,"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), to appear
    Chicago, IL, June-July 2004.
    pdf(112k),

  5. J. Hamkins, B. Moision
    "Selection of modulation and codes for deep space optical communications,"
    Proceedings of SPIE, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIV,
    San Jose, CA, Vol. XXX, p. xxxx, January xxxx, 2004
    ps(753k), ps.gz(314k), pdf(198k), pdf.gz(135k)

  6. J. Hamkins, D. Divsalar
    "Coupled Receiver-Decoders for Low Rate Turbo Codes,"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
    Yokohama, Japan, p. 381, June 2003.
    html, ps(273k), ps.gz(55k), pdf(123k), pdf.gz(96k)

  7. B. Moision, J. Hamkins
    "Low complexity serially concatenated coding for the deep space optical channel,"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
    Yokohama, Japan, p. 100, June 2003
    ps(273k), ps.gz(58k), pdf(126k), pdf.gz(94k)

  8. B. Moision, J. Hamkins
    "Constrained Coding for the Deep-Space Optical Channel,"
    Proceedings of SPIE, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIV,
    San Jose, CA, Vol. 4635, p. 127-137, January 21-22, 2002

  9. J. Hamkins, K. Zeger
    "Optimal Rate Allocation for Shape-Gain Gaussian Quantizers"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
    Washington, DC, p. 182, June 2001.
    paper: ps(41k), ps.gz(17k), pdf(41k), pdf.gz(17k)
    presentation: ps(4865k) ps.gz(1412k) pdf(1586k) pdf.gz(1555k)

  10. A. Biswas, J. Ceniceros, B. Madden-Woods, J. Hamkins, M. Srinivasan
    "Laboratory characterization of near infra-red (NIR) enhanced silicon avalanche photodiodes for pulse position modulation (PPM) detection"
    Proceedings of SPIE, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIII,
    San Jose, CA, Vol. 4272, p. 133-141, January 24-25, 2001

  11. J. Hamkins, S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar
    "Capacity and Capacity Sensitivity of Soft Output Optical Channels"
    Proceedings of SPIE, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIII,
    San Jose, CA, Vol. 4272, p. 170-180, January 24-25, 2001

  12. S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar, J. Hamkins, and F. Pollara
    "Capacity of PPM on APD-detected Optical Channels"
    Proceedings of MILCOM 2000,
    October 22-25, 2000.
    paper: ps(833k), ps.gz(148k), pdf(670k)
    presentation: ps(2052k)

  13. S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar, J. Hamkins, and F. Pollara
    "Capacity of PPM on Gaussian and Webb Channels"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
    June 2000, to appear.
    html, ps(136k), ps.gz(36k), pdf(28k)

  14. J. Hamkins and J. Ceniceros
    "The Capacity of Avalanche Photodiode-Detected Pulse Position Modulation""
    Proceedings of SPIE, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XII,
    San Jose, CA, Vol. 3932, p. 90-101, January 24, 2000
    html(463k), ps(201k), ps.gz(87k), pdf(94k)

  15. J. Hamkins and M. Srinivasan
    "Turbo Codes for APD-Detected PPM"
    Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Allerton Conference on Cummunication, Control and Computing
    September 23-25, 1998, p. 29-38
    ps(528k), ps.gz(99k), pdf(72k)

  16. J. Hamkins
    "A Joint Viterbi Algorithm to Separate Cochannel FM Signals"
    International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
    vol. 6, 1998, p. 3297-3300
    ps(1.1M), ps.gz(249k), pdf(340k)

  17. J. Hamkins
    "Cochannel FM Signal Separation"
    Information Theory Workshop
    February 8, 1998
    ps(189k), ps.gz(41k)

  18. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Improved Bounds on Maximum Size Binary Radar Arrays"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
    June 1997, p. 518
    ps(187k), ps.gz(41k), pdf(90k)

  19. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Structured Spherical Codes for Gaussian Quantization"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
    June 1997, p. 62
    ps(178k), ps.gz(39k), pdf(92k)

  20. J. Hamkins and E. Satorius
    "A Comparative Study of Co-Channel Interference Suppression Techniques"
    Proceedings of the Fifth International Mobile Satellite Conference (IMSC)
    June 1997, p. 327-332
    ps(3.8M), ps.gz(739k)

  21. K. Angkasa, J. Hamkins, N. Lay, E. Satorius, and A. Zevallos,
    "A Real-Time Testbed for Satellite and Terrestrial Communications Experimentation and Development"
    Proceedings of the Fifth International Mobile Satellite Conference (IMSC)
    June 1997, p. 491-496

  22. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Wrapped Spherical Codes"
    Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS)
    Princeton University, New Jersey, March 1996

  23. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Asymptotically Optimal Spherical Codes"
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
    September 1995, p. 184
    ps(60k), ps.gz(19k), pdf(96k)

  24. J. Hamkins and K. Zeger
    "Asymptotically Optimal Spherical Codes"
    Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS)
    Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, March 1995, p. 52-57
    ps(463k), ps.gz(140k),

  25. J. Hamkins and D. J. Brown
    "Switchbox Routing with Movable Terminals"
    Proceedings of the Third Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)
    Feb. 1993, p. 57-61
    ps(176k), ps.gz(45k), pdf(381k)

  26. J. Hamkins and D. J. Brown
    "Routing in a Rectangle with k-ary Overlap"
    Proceedings of the Second Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)
    Feb. 1992, p. 144-151
    ps(187k), ps.gz(53k), pdf(578k)

NASA Tech Briefs

  1. J. Hamkins
    "Less-Complex Method of Classifying MPSK"
    NASA Tech Briefs
    Sep. 2006
    pdf(26k)

  2. B. Moision, J. Hamkins, M. Barsoum, M. Cheng, M. Nakashima
    "Hardware Implementation of Serially Concatenated PPM Decoder"
    NASA Tech Briefs
    to appear
    pdf(442k)

  3. B. Moision, J. Hamkins
    "Optimization of Modulation and Code Parameters for Deep-Space Optical Communications Links"
    NASA Tech Briefs
    2003

  4. J. Hamkins, D. Divsalar
    "Coupled Receiver/Decoders for Low-Rate Turbo Codes"
    NASA Tech Briefs
    2003
    pdf(122k)

  5. J. Hamkins
    "Analytic Technique for Separation of Cochannel FM Signals"
    NASA Tech Briefs
    March 2000
    html

TMO/IPN Progress Reports (the JPL technical journal)

  1. B. Moision, J. Hamkins
    "Reduced Complexity Decoding of Coded PPM Using Partial Statistics",
    The Interplanetary Network Progress Report
    Vol. 42-160, Feb. 15, 2005, to appear

  2. B. Moision, J. Hamkins
    "Low Complexity Serially Concatenated Coding for the Deep Space Optical Channel",
    The Interplanetary Network Progress Report
    Vol. 42-160, Feb. 15, 2005, to appear

  3. B. Moision, J. Hamkins
    "Multipulse PPM on Discrete Memoryless Channels",
    The Interplanetary Network Progress Report
    Vol. 42-160, Feb. 15, 2005, to appear

  4. J. Hamkins, M. Simon, S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar, and H. Shirani-Mehr
    "An Overview of the Architecture of an Autonomous Radio",
    The Interplanetary Network Progress Report
    Vol. 42-159, Nov. 15, 2004, p. 1-14, to appear.
    pdf(270K)

  5. B. Moision, J. Hamkins
    "Deep-Space Optical Communications Downlink Budget: Modulation and Coding"
    The Interplanetary Network Progress Report
    Vol. 42-154, August 15, 2003
    ps(1.5M) ps.gz(564k) pdf(314k) pdf.gz(269k)

  6. B. Moision, J. Hamkins
    "Constrained Coding for the the Deep-Space Optical Channel"
    The Interplanetary Network Progress Report
    Vol. 42-149, May 15, 2002
    ps(744k) ps.gz(227k) pdf(563k) pdf.gz(346k)

  7. M. Srinivasan, J. Hamkins, B. Madden-Woods, A. Biswas, and J. Beebe,
    "Laboratory Characterization of Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) for Pulse-Position Modulation (PPM) Detection,"
    The Interplanetary Network Progress Report
    Vol. 42-146, Auguest 15, 2001
    pdf(242k) pdf.gz(194k)

  8. J. Hamkins, S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar
    "Optical Channel Capacity Sensitivity"
    The Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report
    Vol. 42-143, November 15, 2000
    html, ps(411k), ps.gz(113k) (117k), pdf(435k)

  9. S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar, J. Hamkins, and F. Pollara
    "Capacity of Pulse-Position Modulation (PPM) on Gaussian and Webb Channels"
    The Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report
    Vol. 42-142, August 15, 2000
    pdf(886k)

  10. J. Hamkins
    "A Joint Receiver-Decoder for Convolutionally Coded BPSK"
    The Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report
    Vol. 42-139, November 15, 1999
    ps(482k) ps.gz (138k), pdf(183k)

  11. J. Hamkins
    "The Capacity of APD-detected PPM"
    The Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report
    Vol. 42-138, August 15, 1999
    html, ps(404k), ps.gz (119k), pdf(734k)

  12. J. Hamkins
    "Performance of Binary Turbo Coded 256-PPM"
    The Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report
    Vol. 42-138, August 15, 1999
    ps(525k), ps.gz (102k), pdf(739k)

Theses

  1. J. Hamkins
    "Design and Analysis of Spherical Codes"
    Ph.D. thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    September, 1996
    ps(3.0M), ps.gz(879k)

  2. J. Hamkins
    "Routing in a Convex Grid with k-ary Overlap"
    M.S. thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    January, 1993
    ps(431k), ps.gz(97k)