• DocumentCode
    747712
  • Title

    Feedback does not increase the capacity of discrete channels with additive noise

  • Author

    Alajaji, Fady

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    546
  • Lastpage
    549
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.370168
  • Filename
    370168