Universal communication over modulo-additive individual noise sequence channels

Yuval Lomnitz*, Meir Feder

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Abstract

Which communication rates can be attained over a channel whose output is an unknown (possibly stochastic) function of the input that may vary arbitrarily in time with no a-priori model? Following the spirit of the finite-state compressibility of a sequence defined by Lempel and Ziv, we define a capacity for such a channel as the highest rate achievable by a designer knowing the particular relation that indeed exists between the input and output for all times, yet is constrained to use a fixed finite-length block communication scheme (i.e., use the same scheme over each block). In the case of the binary modulo additive channel, where the output sequence is obtained by modulo addition of an unknown individual sequence to the input sequence, this capacity is upper bounded by 1-ρ where is the finite state compressibility of the noise sequence. We present a communication scheme with feedback that attains this rate universally without prior knowledge of the noise sequence.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings, ISIT 2011
Pages229-233
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings, ISIT 2011 - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 31 Jul 20115 Aug 2011

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)2157-8104

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings, ISIT 2011
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySt. Petersburg
Period31/07/115/08/11

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