A broadcast approach to robust communications over unreliable multi-relay networks

Osvaldo Simeone, Oren Somekh, Elza Erkip, H. Vincent Poor, Shlomo Shamai

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Abstract

A multi-relay network is studied in which communication from source to relays takes place over a Gaussian broadcast channel, while the relays are connected to the receiver via orthogonal finite-capacity links. Unbeknownst to the source and relays, link failures may take place between any subset of relays and the destination in a non-ergodic fashion. Upper and lower bounds are derived on average achievable rates with respect to the prior distribution of the link failures. It is first assumed that relays are oblivious to the codebook shared by source and destination, and then the results are extended to the nonoblivious case. The lower bounds are obtained via strategies that combine the broadcast coding approach, previously investigated for quasi-static fading channels, and different robust distributed compression techniques.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationInformation Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2009
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages334-340
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781424439904
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventInformation Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2009 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Feb 8 2009Feb 13 2009

Publication series

NameInformation Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2009

Other

OtherInformation Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period2/8/092/13/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems

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