TwoWay Communication Channels

This chapter contains sections titled:

• Introduction

• Summary of results

• Basic definitions

• Average mutual information rates

• The distribution of information

• Random codes for the two-way channel

• Error probability for the ensemble of codes

• The convex hull G 1 as an inner bound of the capacity region

• An outer bound on the capacity region

• The concavity of R 12 and R 21 as functions of P(x1x2)

• Applications of the concavity property; channels with symmetric structure

• Nature of the region attainable in the outer bound

• An example where the inner and outer bounds differ

• Attainment of the outer bound with dependent sources

• General solution for the capacity region in the two-way channel

• Two-way channels with memory

• Generalization to T-terminal channels

• Appendix Error Probability Bounds in Terms of Moment Generating Functions

• References