• DocumentCode
    969215
  • Title

    On the capacity of a cascade of channels

  • Author

    Kiely, Aaron B. ; Coffey, John T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1310
  • Lastpage
    1321
  • Abstract
    A class of information-theoretic problems is introduced that deals with systems in which information is transmitted through a series of noisy channels with limited or no processing between channels. Some basic questions that arise in such systems are examined in detail. The effects of ordering of the channels on overall capacity and the characteristics that cause channels to have high capacity when cascaded with themselves are dealt with
  • Keywords
    channel capacity; information theory; cascade of channels; channel capacity; communication channels; information-theoretic problems; noisy channels; Channel capacity; Communication networks; Communication systems; Costs; Decoding; Delay systems; Error correction codes; Memoryless systems; Mutual information; Relays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.243448
  • Filename
    243448