Towards an Information Theory of Large Networks: An Achievable Rate Region Conference Paper

abstract

• We study communication networks of arbitrary size and topology under a general vector discrete memoryless channel (V-DMC). We propose an information-theoretic constructive scheme for obtaining an achievable rate region in such networks. Many well-known capacity-defining achievable rate regions can be derived as special cases of the proposed scheme; a few such examples are: degraded and reversely-degraded relay channels, Gaussian multiple access channel, and Gaussian broadcast channel. Applying the proposed scheme to a specific wireless network of n nodes located in a region of unit area, we show that a transport capacity of O(n) bit-meters/s is feasible.

name of conference

• Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37252)

authors

• Kumar, Panganamala

published proceedings

• Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37252)

author list (cited authors)

• Gupta, P., & Kumar, P. R.

citation count

• 29

complete list of authors

• Gupta, Piyush||Kumar, PR

publication date

• January 2001

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/isit.2001.936022

start page

• 159

end page

• 159

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isit.2001.936022