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On exact asymptotics of the error probability in channel coding: symmetric channels

Information Theory 2019-09-02 v1 math.IT

Abstract

The exact order of the optimal sub-exponentially decaying factor in the classical bounds on the error probability of fixed-length codes over a Gallager-symmetric discrete memoryless channel with and without ideal feedback is determined. Regardless of the availability of feedback, it is shown that the order of the optimal sub-exponential factor exhibits a dichotomy. Moreover, the proof technique is used to establish the third-order term in the normal approximation for symmetric channels, where a similar dichotomy is shown to exist.

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@article{arxiv.1908.11419,
  title  = {On exact asymptotics of the error probability in channel coding: symmetric channels},
  author = {Yücel Altuğ and Aaron B. Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.11419},
  year   = {2019}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1309.5126

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