Title : 
On the Burnashev exponent for Markov channels
         
        
            Author : 
Como, G. ; Yuksel, Serdar ; Tatikonda, S.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Politec. di Torino, Turin
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We consider the reliability function of Markov channels with feedback and variable length channel codes. We extend Burnashev´s [M.V. Burnashev, 1976] classic result to this case and present a single letter characterization for the reliability function.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Markov processes; variable length codes; Burnashev exponent; Markov channel; feedback; reliability function; single letter characterization; variable length channel codes; Block codes; Channel capacity; Channel coding; Couplings; Frequency; Intersymbol interference; Memoryless systems; Output feedback; Particle measurements; Transmitters;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Information Theory, 2007. ISIT 2007. IEEE International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Nice
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1397-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISIT.2007.4557494