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On Channel Output Feedback in Deterministic Interference Channels

Information Theory 2009-08-31 v2 math.IT

Abstract

In this paper, we study the effect of channel output feedback on the sum capacity in a two-user symmetric deterministic interference channel. We find that having a single feedback link from one of the receivers to its own transmitter results in the same sum capacity as having a total of 4 feedback links from both the receivers to both the transmitters. Hence, from the sum capacity point of view, the three additional feedback links are not helpful. We also consider a half-duplex feedback model where the forward and the feedback resources are symmetric and timeshared. Surprisingly, we find that there is no gain in sum-capacity with feedback in a half-duplex feedback model when interference links have more capacity than direct links.

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@article{arxiv.0905.2392,
  title  = {On Channel Output Feedback in Deterministic Interference Channels},
  author = {Achaleshwar Sahai and Vaneet Aggarwal and Melda Yuksel and Ashutosh Sabharwal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.2392},
  year   = {2009}
}

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To appear in IEEE ITW, Oct. 2009

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