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Three-terminal communication channels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Edward C. Van Der Meulen
Edward C. Van Der Meulen*
Affiliation:
University of Rochester
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Abstract

The problem of transmitting information in a specified direction over a communication channel with three terminals is considered. Examples are given of the various ways of sending information. Basic inequalities for average mutual information rates are obtained. A coding theorem and weak converse are proved and a necessary and sufficient condition for a positive capacity is derived. Upper and lower bounds on the capacity are obtained, which coincide for channels with symmetric structure.

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Research Article
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , Spring 1971 , pp. 120 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1971 

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