Abstract
We determine the capacity of compound classical-quantum channels. As a consequence, we obtain the capacity formula for the averaged classical-quantum channels. The capacity result for compound channels demonstrates, as in the classical setting, the existence of reliable universal classical-quantum codes in scenarios where the only a priori information about the channel used for the transmission of information is that it belongs to a given set of memoryless classical-quantum channels. Our approach is based on a universal classical approximation of the quantum relative entropy which in turn relies on a universal hypothesis testing result.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3360-3374 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Information Theory |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Averaged quantum channels
- Capacity
- Coding theorem
- Compound quantum channels
- Universal quantum codes