Code Design and Capacity Estimation for Fast-Fading Gaussian Channels: An Algorithmic Perspective

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Abstract

This paper studies the capacity of fast-fading channels from an algorithmic perspective, examining whether the channel capacity can be computed algorithmically or not. To address this question, the concept of Turing machines is used, which provides fundamental performance limits of digital computers. It is shown that certain computable continuous fading probability distribution functions yield capacities that are non-computable. Furthermore, the implications of this non-computability in information theory and coding are discussed, particularly the impossibility of designing universal algorithms that, given the fast-fading channel parameters and a predefined decoding error ϵ, can compute codes operating at the maximum rate with a decoding error probability no higher than ϵ.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
EditorsMatthew Valenti, David Reed, Melissa Torres
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages2002-2007
Number of pages6
ISBN (electronic)979-8-3315-0521-9
Publication statusPublished - 26 Sept 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN1550-3607

Conference

Title60th IEEE International Conference on Communications
SubtitleCommunications Tehnologies 4Good
Abbreviated titleICC 2025
Conference number60
Duration8 - 12 June 2025
Website
LocationPalais des congrès de Montréal
CityMontreal
CountryCanada

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-1702-9075/work/194826489