Distributed Source Coding of Correlated Gaussian Remote Sources

We consider the distributed source coding system for L correlated memoryless Gaussian remote sources specified with L correlated Gaussian random variables X_i, i=1,2,...,L. We deal with the case where each of L distributed encoders cannot directly observe the source X_i but its noisy version Y_i=X_i+N_i. Here, N_i, i=1,2,..., L are independent additive L Gaussian noises also independent of X_i , i=1,2,..., L. On this coding system, the determination problem of the rate distortion region remains open in general. In this paper, we derive explicit outer and inner bounds of the rate distortion region. We further find an explicit sufficient condition for those two bounds to match. We also study the sum rate part of the rate distortion region when the correlation has some symmetrical property. We derive an explicit upper bound of the sum rate part from the inner bounds of the rate distortion region. On a lower bound, we derive a new explicit bound by making full use of the symmetrical property of the correlation. We further derive an explicit necessary and sufficient condition for the lower bound to coincide with the upper bound.