DocumentCode
1174850
Title
Geometric characterization of capacity-constraint function
Author
Nakagawa, Kenji ; Kanaya, Fumio
Author_Institution
NTT Transmission Syst. Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
Volume
35
Issue
4
fYear
1989
fDate
7/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
892
Lastpage
895
Abstract
Maximizing the mutual information under a linear input constraint is considered from a geometric point of view. Assuming a suitable regularity condition on the channel matrix, it is found that the probability distribution (PD) equidistant from the row PDs of the channel matrix plays an important role, and the maximum is achieved by the projection of that PD onto the set of PDs satisfying the constraint. The PD attaining the capacity-constraint function is obtained by using Lagrange´s method of indeterminate coefficients at most (m -2) times
Keywords
channel capacity; information theory; probability; Lagrange´s method; capacity-constraint function; channel matrix; discrete memoryless channel; geometric characterisation; indeterminate coefficients; linear input constraint; probability distribution; regularity condition; Associate members; Lagrangian functions; Memoryless systems; Mutual information; Probability distribution;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/18.32168
Filename
32168
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