Books

• D. G. Messerschmitt and C. Szyperski, Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
• J. R. Barry, E. A. Lee, and D. G. Messerschmitt, Digital Communication, 3rd ed., Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, Understanding Networked Applications: A First Course, The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking, San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, Networked Applications: A Guide to the New Computing Infrastructure, San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann, 1999.
• E. A. Lee and D. G. Messerschmitt, Digital Communication, 2nd ed., Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
• E. A. Lee and D. G. Messerschmitt, Digital Communication, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.
• M. L. Honig and D. G. Messerschmitt, Adaptive Filters: Structures, Algorithms, and Applications, The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science; SECS 1, Boston: Kluwer, 1984.

Articles in journals or magazines

• D. G. Messerschmitt, P. Lubin, and I. Morrison, "Challenges in Scientific Data Communication from Low-mass Interstellar Probes," The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 249, no. 2, pp. 36, Aug. 2020.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, P. Lubin, and I. Morrison, "Technological Challenges in Low-mass Interstellar Probe Communication," arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.09987, Nov. 2019.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Relativisitc timekeeping, motion, and gravity in distributed systems," Proc. IEEE, vol. 105, no. 8, pp. 1511, July 2017.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Design for minimum energy in interstellar communication," Acta Astronautica, vol. 107, pp. 20--39, Aug. 2015.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "End-to-end interstellar communication system design for power efficiency," arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.4684, May 2013.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Interstellar communication: The case for spread spectrum," Acta Astronautica, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 227--238, Jan. 2012.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Rethinking components: From hardware and software to systems," IEEE Proceedings, vol. 96, no. 7, pp. 1473-96, July 2007.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "The convergence of communications and computing: What are the implications today?," Proc. IEEE, vol. 84, no. 8, pp. 1167-1186, Aug. 1996.
• J. T. Buck, S. Ha, E. A. Lee, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Ptolemy: A framework for simulating and prototyping heterogeneous systems," Intl. J. Computer Simulation, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 155-182, April 1994.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Synchronization in digital system design," IEEE J. Selected Areas of Communications, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 1404-1419, Oct. 1990.
• K. K. Parhi and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Pipeline interleaving and parallelism in recursive digital filters--Part I: Pipelining using scattered look-ahead and decomposition," IEEE Trans. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 1099-1117, July 1989.
• E. A. Lee and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Synchronous data flow," Proc. IEEE, vol. 75, no. 9, pp. 1235-1245, Sep. 1987.
• E. A. Lee and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Pipeline interleaved programmable DSPs: Architecture," IEEE Trans. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 1320-1333, Sep. 1987.
• E. A. Lee and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Static scheduling of synchronous data flow programs for digital signal processing," IEEE Trans. Computers, vol. C-3, no. 1, pp. 24-35, Jan. 1987.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Echo cancellation in speech and data transmission," IEEE J. Selected Areas of Communications, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 283-297, March 1984.
• O. Agazzi, D. G. Messerschmitt, and D. A. Hodges, "Nonlinear echo cancellation of data signals," IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 2421-2433, Nov. 1982.
• O. Agazzi, D. A. Hodges, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Large-scale integration of hybrid-method digital subscriber loops," IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 2095-2108, Sep. 1982.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Frequency detectors for PLL acquisition in timing and carrier recovery," IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1288-1295, Sep. 1979.
• D. Duttweiler, J. Mazo, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "An upper bound on the error probability in decision-feedback equalization," IEEE Trans. Information Theory, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 490-497, July 1974.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "A geometric theory of intersymbol interference," Bell System Technical J., vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 1483-1519, Nov. 1973.

Articles in conference proceedings

• K. H. Chiang, B. L. Evans, W. T. Huang, F. Kovac, E. A. Lee, D. G. Messerschmitt, H. J. Reekie, and S. S. Sastry, "Real-time DSP for sophomores," in Proc. 1996 IEEE Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP '96), Vol. 2, New York, NY: IEEE, 1996, pp. 1097-1100.

Technical Reports

• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Some Digital Communication Fundamentals for Physicists and Others," June 2008.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Stationary points of a real-valued function of a complex variable," June 2006.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Geometric interpretation of signals: applications," June 2006.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Geometric interpretation of signals: background," June 2006.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Autocorrelation matrix eigenvalues and the power spectrum," June 2006.
• D. G. Messerschmitt and C. Szyperski, "Industrial and Economic Properties of Software: Technology, Processes, and Value," 2001.
• N. Lin, D. A. Hodges, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Partial Response Coding in Digital Subscriber Loops," May 1985.
• O. Agazzi, C. Tzeng, D. G. Messerschmitt, and D. A. Hodges, "Timing Recovery in Digital Subscriber Loops," Dec. 1983.
• O. Agazzi, D. Hodges, and D. Messerschmitt, "Large Scale Integration of Hybrid-Method Digital Subscriber Loops," Feb. 1982.

Patents

• S. Chang, D. Messerschmitt, and W. Chen, "Method and apparatus for compositing compressed video data," U.S. Patent 5,408,274. April 1995.
• C. Su, S. Behtash, K. Jarett, H. Lu, C. Flores, D. G. Messerschmitt, and E. Chien, "Wireless communication system," U.S. Patent 5,398,258. March 1995.
• C. Su, S. Behtash, K. Jarett, H. Lu, C. Flores, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Wireless communication system," U.S. Patent 5,258,995. Nov. 1993.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, C. Flores, and H. Lu, "Method and an apparatus for establishing the functional capabilities for wireless communications between a base unit and a remote unit," U.S. Patent 5,267,244. Nov. 1993.
• O. E. Agazzi and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Non-linear echo cancellation of data signals," U.S. Patent 4,669,116. May 1987.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Hybrid circuit and method," U.S. Patent 4,669,115. May 1987.
• B. A. Helliwell, D. G. Messerschmitt, and R. J. Hagen, "Automatic compensation circuit and method," U.S. Patent 4,407,020. Sep. 1983.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Frequency detector device and method," U.S. Patent 4,308,505. Dec. 1981.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Phase locked loop frequency synthesizer using digital modulo arithmetic," U.S. Patent 4,145,667. March 1979.
• Y. Ching and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Digital speech interpolation trunk priority rotator," U.S. Patent 4,095,052. June 1978.
• D. G. Messerschmitt and T. J. Zebo, "Apparatus for mitigating signal distortion and noise signal contrast in a communications system," U.S. Patent 4,059,730. Nov. 1977.
• D. G. Messerschmitt, "Tandem block digital processor for use with nonuniformly encoded digital data," U.S. Patent 4,040,049. Aug. 1977.
• Y. Ching, A. M. Hofmann, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Data compression using nearly instantaneous companding in a digital speech interpolation system," U.S. Patent 4,002,841. Jan. 1977.
• D. L. Duttweiler and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Block digital processor for use with nonuniformly encoded digital words," U.S. Patent 3,945,002. March 1976.