Title :
Feedback does not increase the capacity of discrete channels with additive noise
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
fDate :
3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We consider discrete-time finite alphabet channels with additive random noise. We show that output feedback does not increase the capacity of such channels. This result holds in the most general case; i.e., for arbitrary additive noise processes
Keywords :
channel capacity; feedback; random noise; additive noise processes; additive random noise; channel capacity; discrete-time finite alphabet channels; output feedback; Additive noise; Additive white noise; Channel capacity; Delay; Equations; Gaussian channels; Gaussian noise; Memoryless systems; Output feedback; Transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
