Last updated 03 DEC 2020 NZST

International & Domestic Broadcasting : Overview

• All services and research below have been suspended until 01 MAY 2025.
  • Shortwave: 3 MHz to 22 MHz; (aka HF or High Frequency). 
  • The ALLISS transmission system technology portal. 
  • Digital Television Systems (Reliability, Selective Access etc...). 
  • Digital Terrestrial Television (DTV, HDTV, HD, 4k, 8k) [Real Time and Web Video File Propagation]
  • Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) [Eureka 147 & other systems] 

• Provisionally available in Canada only.
• Limited to Marine and Amateur Radio networks until 01 MAY 2025.

1. DVB-T2W : A 10 MHz to 24 MHz per channel DVB-T transmission system for Australia, Canada and NZ.
2. A proposal for a modern Kurier System to allow for millisecond pulsed relay of Morse Code over HF. 
3. Fractal antennas are needed for reliable ASTC 8VSB DTV reception.
4. There is an art to audio compression: recommended bit rates for MPEG, MP3, Ogg & AAC encoding. 
5. A global encoding standard is needed for International Broadcasters to relay [real time] information (and text only websites) using radioteletype (RTTY). The wired Internet does not always work! (Work in progress!)

Barcodes

1. Barcodes need to be decoded (and encoded) by an open source system that implements processing pipeline that has some similarities to the BOINC client system. This barcode system service must be free of any and all intellectual property. Most ad-hoc barcode encoders & decoders are closed source.
2. A <barcode> tag proposal for HTML / XML / SVG or MathML.

Cryptography & Information Theory (Coding Theory) related

1. A Low Complexity Fix for the MD5 family of cryptographic hash functions, "Backward + Forward MD5".
2. A Constantly Variable "Entropy Mechanism" for Verifying BitTorrent Clients.
3. Using BitTorrent objects as rotors for secure file or object transfer over the Internet.
4. A Generalized Framework for Internet Filter Evasion (still a set of ideas in formation). 
5. In Error Correction OR Cryptography : Concatenated Coding is more secure and reliable ... as Information Theory and Coding Theory fundamentally function the same way with respect to concatenation.
6. Onward reading, Winnowing and Chaffing are underused in cryptography.
7. Maritime AIS : Ready for continuous use by security intelligence networks everywhere... [not related to the Maritime section here]
8. For any language : How many bits of "stateful complexity" does a Verb or Noun have? (Work in progress!)

IT Systems

1. The spreadsheet wiki : It often takes dozens [or hundreds] of people working together on a spreadsheet to keep its accurate and authoritative. Google Docs (Wiki) has a limited non-wiki variant of the idea called : Google Sheets. The Google version of the technology is still a work in process.
2. Financial Transaction Processing Systems have unknown hyperinflation failure risks relating to IEEE 32 bit (and 64 bit) number overflow (per comp.risks [add link to website]).
3. A global standard for 24 bit, 40 bit and 72 bit floating point numbers is needed. 

1. FTP-NG "FTP Next Generation" : Adds resilient download and upload functionality to FTP based on protocol concepts and data structures borrowed from BitTorrent. In essence, a new FTP state machine.
2. A BitTorrent Private Tracker Client "Accounting Error Message" Protocol.
3. Some overdue Changes to Make BitTorrent Clients and Protocols More Functionally Useful.
4. Proposal for improvements to the existing NTP networks in Australia, Canada and NZ.
5. A wireless internet access point social protocol system that works. Namely, a open access point that allows one to subscribe to a subscriber access point (to be written someday).

1. The Android OS needs a few functionality improvements too, and some have been implemented. [Time Transfer issues still are a problem!]
2. Distributed Time Service with Advanced Features (needs to be Wikified to optimize design).

• CCSDS Concept Paper : Future Spacecraft Systems Designs Optimized for Neptune or Uranus or Interstellar Missions of Generational Duration.
• Solar System Dynamics : The Solar Year at {1 Earth Radii, ~8 light seconds} was once shorter than it is now, or about 330 to 250 Days.
• A unified "Metropolitan Mobility Score" is needed for the Property Market and Municipal Planning Agencies.

Computer tools, various

1. General scientific calculation : Wolfram Alpha [1 2 3], or simulate an economy.
2. Handy tools : x86 CPUID [FAQ PC], Hardware Monitor and GPU detector.
3. Webcam emulators for [Windows | MAC | LINUX] so needed for all remote working during the >>Pandemik<< .....
4. Is your webcam secure? Most webcams are not secure aka password protected ...
5. P2P must be fixed, as BitTorrent is broken. WebTorrent Desktop (website), a Web2Web capable client.
6. Reasonably secure voice and texting [ 1 2 3 ].
7. You can edit a .torrent file, or visit a Torrent search engine or cache a torrent [ 1 2 ].
8. If Microsoft's video editor is not usable, one can use [1 2], or test a flat screen for bad pixels.
9. Virtual Magnifying Glass if the one your PC operating system is not usable.
10. Print to a PDF file if the operating system or browser does not do it : PC [1 2 3]
11. Generate random numbers, strings etc... or decode a barcode.
12. Windows Hard Drive defragmentation applications [ ultradefrag ];
13. Linux defrag  commands: e4defrag (ext2, ext3); @ BTRFS ....
14. Windows Registry Cleaners [ CC Cleaner, ... ]
15. Netgear's Genie (free, on multiple platforms -- but it is closed source!)
16. Run Android OS on x86 PCs ! 
17. Submit a bug or design flaw to the Android project [ FAQ OS-Build ] ...
18. Webmaster's Toolbox : Website Reachability WP WP-GFC VDNS GFC
19. Drive Erasers : (x86 CPUs) Eraser vs DBAN vs ...

Assorted Open Source Sources

1. Open Mapping : GeoServer (Open Street Map, Geo Names)
2. Open access to Supercomputer Jet Stream Cartography
3. Open Marine charts, see Maritime Computing section ...
4. Open Source : Replacement for Microsoft Project; or build a bridge.
5. Open Source Telecom : Paperless faxing; or run an autonomous regional wireless Internet
6. Open Source Telecom : Emulate a modem or boostrap a DHT and work around the currently flawed DNS system etc ...
7. Open Source : Boot a PC :  U-Boot (as in UEFI) & Coreboot.
8. Time sync : Radclock, the possible next direction for NTP.
9. Run a kind of Freenet, but not like the Tor one.
10. Is a website readable? Try Open Dyslexic fonts. 
11. If a video won't play on your PC, try CCCP (MPC) or GOM or KM Player or VLC [+ffdshow codecs].
12. Tor is partially broken, but there is I2P [ 1 2 3 ].
13. Notable "Disk Imaging Utilities" [ 1 2 List (ETCHER) ] for USB Flash Drives (italics: not open).
14. SMART (USB, Flash & Hard Drive) Diagnostic Utilities for most PCs ( 1 2 3 ).