Capacity of Finite State Channels with Feedback: Algorithmic and Optimization Theoretic Properties

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Contributors

  • Andrea Grigorescu - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Holger Boche - , Technical University of Munich, BMBF Research Hub 6G-Life, Ruhr University Bochum (Author)
  • Rafael F. Schaefer - , University of Siegen (Author)
  • H. Vincent Poor - , Princeton University (Author)

Abstract

The capacity of finite state channels (FSCs) with feedback has been expressed by a limit of a sequence of multi-letter expressions. Despite many efforts, a closed-form single-letter capacity characterization remains unknown to date. In this paper, the feedback capacity is studied from a fundamental algorithmic point of view by addressing the question of whether or not the capacity can be algorithmically computed. To this aim, the concept of Turing machines is used, which provides fundamental performance limits of digital computers. It is shown that the feedback capacity of FSCs is not Banach-Mazur computable and therefore also not Borel-Turing computable. As a consequence, it is shown that either achievability or converse (or both) is not Banach-Mazur computable, which means that there are FSCs for which it is impossible to find computable tight upper and lower bounds. Furthermore, it is shown that the feedback capacity cannot be characterized as the maximization of a finite-letter formula of entropic quantities.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages498-503
Number of pages6
ISBN (electronic)978-1-6654-2159-1
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory
Volume2022-June
ISSN2157-8095

Conference

Title2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022
Duration26 June - 1 July 2022
CityEspoo
CountryFinland

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-1702-9075/work/165878277