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James Ritcey


James Ritcey
Professor
Communications and Signal Processing
454 EE1 Bldg.
Box 352500
University of WA
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: (206) 543-4702
E-mail: ritcey@ee.washington.edu

University of California-San Diego Ph.D.
Syracuse University MSEE
Duke University BSE


[Research Interests] [Journal Papers] [ Conference Papers] [Projects]



Research Interests

The main focus of my research is statistical signal processing, with applications to wireless communications, underwater acoustic communications, and radar/sonar signal processing. Recent projects include coded modulation based on BICM, interference rejection,network security and intruder detection , and underwater acoustic communications.

Selected Journal Papers

Xiaodong Li; Ritcey, J.A., Trellis-coded modulation with bit interleaving and iterative decoding , Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on, Vol.17, Iss.4, Apr 1999 Pages:715-724

Bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding and 8 PSK signaling Xiaodong Li; Chindapol, A.; Ritcey, J.A. Communications, IEEE Transactions on, Vol.50, Iss.8, Aug 2002 Pages: 1250- 1257

Bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding Xiaodong Li; Ritcey, J.A. Communications, 1999. ICC '99. 1999 IEEE International Conference on, Vol.2, Iss., 1999 Pages:858-863 vol.2

Design, analysis, and performance evaluation for BICM-ID with square QAM constellations in Rayleigh fading channels Chindapol, A.; Ritcey, J.A. Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on, Vol.19, Iss.5, May 2001 Pages:944-957

Joint iterative channel estimation and decoding for bit-interleaved coded modulation over correlated fading channels Yuheng Huang; Ritcey, J.A. Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on, Vol.4, Iss.5, Sept. 2005 Pages: 2549- 2558

Aik Chindapol and J. A. Ritcey, `` BICM-ID with Generalized Selection Diversity on Rayleigh Fading Channels,'' to appear in IEEE Transaction on Communications, August 2003.

D.Rouseff, D.R. Jackson, J.A. Ritcey, W.L. Fox, C.D. Jones, D.R. Dowling, `` Experimental testing of passive phase conjugation for underwater acoustic communication, ''IEEE Journal on Oceanic Engineering, 2002.

W. Kohn, V. Brayman, J.A. Ritcey, ``Enterprise Dynamics Via Non-Equilibrium Membrane Models,'' Open Systems and Information Dynamics, Kluwer, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2000, pp. 327-348.

Flynn, J.A.; Ritcey, J.A.; Fox, W.L.J.; Jackson, D.R.; Rouseff, D., `` Decision-directed passive phase conjugation: equalisation performance in shallow water,'' Electronics Letters, pp. 1551 - 1553, 6 Dec 2001, Vol 37, Issue 25,

J.A. Ritcey and M. Azizoglu, ``Performance analysis of generalized selection combining with switching constraints,'' IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 152-154, May 2000.

Evaluating Radar Detection Probabilities by Steepest Descent Integration Helstrom, C.W.; Ritcey, J.A. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on, Vol.AES-20, Iss.5, Sept. 1984 Pages:624-634

Performance Analysis of the Censored Mean-Level Detector Ritcey, J.A. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on, Vol.AES-22, Iss.4, July 1986 Pages:443-454


Selected Conference Papers

D. Rouseff, W. Fox, John Flynn, James A. Ritcey, `` Decision Directed Passive Phase Conjugation for Underwater Acoustic Communications: Experimental Results,'' in Proceedings Oceans 2002.

Yuheng Huang and James A. Ritcey, ``The effect of imperfect CSI on QAM bit -interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding in fading,'' in Proc. 35th Asilomar Conf. Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2001, pp. 1060--1064.

Yuheng Huang and James A. Ritcey, ``Joint iterative estimation and decodin g for 16-QAM BICM over correlated fading channels,'' in Proc. 36th Asilomar Conf. Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2002.

Huaning Niu, Manyuan Shen, James A. Ritcey and Hui Liu, "Iterative Channel Estimation and LDPC Decoding over Flat-Fading Channels: A Factor Graph Approach", Proceeding of CISS 2003 (Johns Hopkins).

Huaning Niu, James A. Ritcey and Hui Liu, "Performance of ternary spread DS-CDMA UWB in indoor wireless channel", Proceeding of CISS 2003 (Johns Hopkins).

J.A. Ritcey, ``Best and Worst Case Correlation Matrices for MRC,'' in Proceedings International Symposium on Wireless Communications, Victoria, BC, 2002.

Aik Chindapol and J.A. Ritcey, ``Performance of Trellis Coded Modulation with Gneralized Selection Combining in Rayleigh Fading,'' in Proceedings International Symposium on Wireless Communications, Victoria, BC, 2002.

Current & Recent Projects

Adaptive Techniques for Underwater Acoustic Communications (ONR)

Bit Interleaved Coded Modulation (NSF)

Space Time Interference Rejection for GPS (ONR)

Underwater Acoustic Communications using Passive Phase Conjugation (ONR)

Circular Array Space Time Adaptive Processing (ONR)