Abstract: A system and method for communicating information from a base station to one or more user terminals via a forward link to a relay and distribution device is provided. The method includes determining a separate information rate for information to be transmitted from the base station to each of the user terminals. Each information rate is determined to allow successful communication with the respective user terminal and to provide a predetermined amount of link margin above a threshold energy-to-noise ratio (Eb/No) in the forward link. The method additionally includes formatting data received at the base station into a continuous time division multiplexed (TDM) data stream that includes a plurality of data frames to be transmitted to the user terminals. Each data frame is formatted to have the determined information rate of the respective user terminal destine to receive the data frame. The TDM data stream is transmitted using a single carrier of the forward link.

Abstract: A method beginning at (10) is provided for creating high-fidelity visible coloring from infrared images of a scene under surveillance. The infrared images captured at (12) are analyzed at (14) to determine if an object, such as a face, is identifiable within the image. If an object is identifiable at (16) the object features are compared to a plurality of stored object features at (20). If there is a match at (22), the color characteristics of the object are obtained at (24) and the object is colored at (26) based on the stored database feature information. If there is no match at (22) or identifiable object at (16) and object color cannot be identified at (23), the image is analyzed at (28) to determine if a pattern, such as clothing, is identifiable within the image. If a pattern is identifiable at (30), the color characteristics of the pattern are obtained at (34) and the pattern is colored at (36) according to infrared reflectance characterization in conjunction with the stored pattern information.