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Mismatched decoding reliability function at zero rate

Information Theory 2021-12-08 v5 math.IT

Abstract

We derive an upper bound on the reliability function of mismatched decoding for zero-rate codes. The bound is based on a result by Koml\'os that shows the existence of a subcode with certain symmetry properties. The bound is shown to coincide with the expurgated exponent at rate zero for a broad family of channel-decoding metric pairs.

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@article{arxiv.2101.10238,
  title  = {Mismatched decoding reliability function at zero rate},
  author = {Marco Bondaschi and Albert Guillén i Fàbregas and Marco Dalai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10238},
  year   = {2021}
}