• DocumentCode
    1434502
  • Title

    Fifty years of Shannon theory

  • Author

    Verdu, Sergio

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2057
  • Lastpage
    2078
  • Abstract
    A brief chronicle is given of the historical development of the central problems in the theory of fundamental limits of data compression and reliable communication
  • Keywords
    channel capacity; channel coding; data compression; history; information theory; rate distortion theory; reviews; source coding; Shannon theory; channel capacity; channel coding; data compression; fundamental limits; history; overview; rate distortion theory; reliable communication; source coding; Bandwidth; Channel capacity; Data compression; Frequency modulation; Information theory; Phase change materials; Pulse modulation; Reliability theory; Telegraphy; Vocoders;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.720531
  • Filename
    720531