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Margaret H. Pinson and Stephen Wolf, “Low Bandwidth Techniques for Estimating Temporal Delays Between Input and Output Video Sequences,” Technical Contribution, May 1999

This contribution presents a new technique for estimating temporal delays between input and output video streams from video teleconferencing systems. The discussion in this contribution is limited to "constant alignment," defined as an alignment proc...

Robert L. Sole and Brent L. Bedford, “Evaluation of Marine VHF Radios: Performance in the Savannah, Ga., and New Orleans, La., Port Areas,” Technical Report NTIA TR-99-362, April 1999

The maritime mobile frequency band supports maritime communications worldwide. Appendix 18 of the ITU Radio Regulations (RR) defines the channels of the maritime mobile service. These channels support a variety of communication functions including:...

William J. Ingram and Evelyn M. Gray, “A Search Engine for Federal Standard 1037C,” Technical Report NTIA TR-99-365, March 1999

Federal Standard 1037C, Glossary of Telecommunication Terms, contains more than 5800 entries defining the components of several disciplines in telecommunications technology. Use of this large glossary is enhanced with the search engine designed speci...

“FY 1998 Technical Progress Report,” Technical Progress Report, January 1999

The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) is the research and engineering laboratory of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). ITS provides technical support to NTIA ...

George A. Hufford, “The ITS Irregular Terrain Model, version 1.2.2: The Algorithm,” White Paper, January 1999

This white paper documents the algorithm of the ITM (the Irregular Terrain Model) as implemented in 1999. There are probably, however, some features of the model that are not documented here but present in the original Fortran source code. The purpo...

Christopher Redding and Robert A. McLean, “Performance Assessment of Internet E-mail over Degraded High-Frequency Radio Channels,” Technical Report NTIA TR-99-360, December 1998

The transmission of E-mail over high-frequency (HF) radio channels is experiencing widespread use in the Government and military communities. This ability is made possible through the convergence of Internet and radio communication protocols, primari...

Stephen Wolf and Margaret H. Pinson, “In-Service Performance Metrics for MPEG-2 Video Systems,” Conference Paper, November 1998

With the advent of new digital video systems that utilize compression to achieve a savings in transmission or storage bandwidth, the quality of the received output video can be dependent not only upon the inherent spatial and temporal information con...

John J. Lemmon, Frank H. Sanders, and Brent L. Bedford, “Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing of a Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) System that Conforms to the Japanese Standard,” Technical Report NTIA TR-99-359, November 1998

Dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) systems, designed to enhance the efficiency of highway travel, have been proposed for operation in the 5850 to 5925 MHz band. The successful operation of these communication systems depends upon their compa...

Gerald F. Hurt and Ernesto A. Cerezo, “Identification of Alternate Bands, Response to Title III of The Balanced Budget Act of 1997,” Technical Report NTIA TR 98-39, November 1998

The National Table of Frequency Allocations allocate the 2025–2110 MHz band to Federal space science services and the entire 1990–2110 MHz band to the non-Federal government fixed and mobile communication services. The Federal space science services ...

John M. Vanderau, “Delivered Audio Quality Measurements on Project 25 Land Mobile Radios,” Technical Report NTIA TR-99-358, November 1998

Minimum acceptable speech intelligibility of land mobile radios is influenced by a number of factors. These factors include the method of modulation, transmission bandwidth, channel spacing, received signal strength, and the ability of a radio receiv...

Charles Fenimore, John Libert, and Stephen Wolf, “Perceptual Effects of Noise in Digital Video Compression,” Conference Paper, October 1998

We present results of subjective viewer assessment of video quality of MPEG-2 compressed video containing wide-band Gaussian noise. The video test sequences consisted of seven test clips (both classical and new materials) to which noise with a peak-s...

Robert J. Achatz et al., “Man-Made Noise in the 136 to 138-MHz VHF Meteorological Satellite Band,” Technical Report NTIA TR-98-355, September 1998

Satellite radio system performance in the 136 to 138-MHz VHF meteorological satellite band is compromised by man-made noise external to the receiver. Methods used for predicting man-made noise power in this band are based on measurements conducted in...

Jeffery A. Wepman, “Personal Communications Services Technology Field Trials,” Technical Report NTIA TR-98-356, September 1998

Technology field trials for six personal communications services (PCS) common air-interface technologies (whose standards were developed by the Joint Technical Committee on Wireless Access) were performed at the US West Boulder Industry Test Bed (BIT...

Frank H. Sanders, Gregory R. Hand, and Vincent S. Lawrence, “Land Mobile Radio Channel Usage Measurements at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games,” Technical Report NTIA TR-98-357, September 1998

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is responsible for managing the Federal Government's use of the radio spectrum. In discharging this responsibility, NTIA uses the ITS radio spectrum measurement system and portabl...

Roger A. Dalke, Robert J. Achatz, and Yeh Lo, “Statistics of Man-made Noise at 137 MHz,” Conference Paper, August 1998

Statistical noise models that simulate man-made noise are essential for the design of radio systems. Recently, the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences measured man-made VHF radio noise in the 136 to 138 MHz meteorological satellite band. These m...

Many government telecommunications needs, especially those that support National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) missions, are becoming increasingly dependent on commercially available equipment and services. This is consistent with the g...

William J. Ingram and Evelyn M. Gray, “A Federal Standard on Electronic Media,” Technical Report NTIA TR-98-350, August 1998

Federal telecommunications standards have traditionally been distributed in hard copy, i.e., in book form, with mandated 5-year revisions requiring a new book or new change pages for every updated edition. Distributing Federal telecommunications stan...

Christopher L. Holloway, Michael G. Cotton, and Paul M. McKenna, “A simplified model for predicting the power delay profile characteristics of an indoor radio propagation channel,” Technical Report NTIA TR-98-353, August 1998

Multipath channels in indoor wireless communication systems exhibit a characteristic power delay profile, which can be a detriment to system performance. In this paper, we present a simplified model for calculating the decay rate of the power delay p...

Stephen D. Voran, “Observations on Frequency-Domain Companding for Audio Coding,” Conference Paper, August 1998

Frequency-domain companding can be used in conjunction with audio coders that produce white coding noise. In [1-2] it is demonstrated empirically that this technique colors white coding noise so that it is better masked by audio signals, resulting in...

Robert J. Achatz, Yeh Lo, and Elizabeth E. Pol, “Indoor direction diversity at 5.8 GHz,” Technical Report NTIA TR-98-351, July 1998

Complex impulse response measurements of a warehouse building were made at 5.8 GHz with a sliding correlator channel probe. These measurements were made with vertically and horizontally polarized directional antennas so performance improvement due to...