Completion time in multi-access channel: An information theoretic perspective

Yuanpeng Liu, Elza Erkip

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Abstract

In a multi-access channel, completion time refers to the number of channel uses required for users, each with some given fixed bit pool, to complete the transmission of all their data bits. In this paper, the characterization of the completion time region is based on the concept of constrained rates, where users' rates are defined over possibly different number of channel uses. An information theoretic formulation of completion time is given and the completion time region is then established for two-user Gaussian multi-access channel, which, analogous to capacity region, characterizes all possible trade-offs between users' completion times.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2011
Pages708-712
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2011 - Paraty, Brazil
Duration: Oct 16 2011Oct 20 2011

Publication series

Name2011 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2011

Other

Other2011 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2011
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityParaty
Period10/16/1110/20/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems

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