Information theory and communication networks: an unconsummated union

Author

Ephremides, Anthony ; Hajek, Bruce

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

44

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2416

Lastpage

2434

Abstract

Information theory has not yet had a direct impact on networking, although there are similarities in concepts and methodologies that have consistently attracted the attention of researchers from both fields. In this paper, we review several topics that are related to communication networks and that have an information-theoretic flavor, including multiaccess protocols, timing channels, effective bandwidth of bursty data sources, deterministic constraints on datastreams, queuing theory, and switching networks

Keywords

access protocols; information theory; multi-access systems; queueing theory; reviews; switching networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; bursty data sources; communication networks; deterministic constraints; effective bandwidth; information theory; multiaccess protocols; queuing theory; review; switching networks; timing channels; Bandwidth; Communication networks; Communication switching; Constraint theory; Delay; Feedback; Information theory; Protocols; Queueing analysis; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9448

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/18.720543

Filename

720543