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Joint State Sensing and Communication: Optimal Tradeoff for a Memoryless Case

  • Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

Ahstract - A communication setup is considered where a transmitter wishes to simultaneously sense its channel state and convey a message to a receiver. The state is estimated at the transmitter by means of generalized feedback, i.e. a strictly causal channel output that is observed at the transmitter. The scenario is motivated by a joint radar and communication system where the radar and data applications share the same frequency band. For the case of a memoryless channel with i.i.d. state sequences, we characterize the capacity-distortion tradeoff, defined as the best achievable rate below which a message can be conveyed reliably while satisfying some distortion constraint on state sensing. An iterative algorithm is proposed to optimize the input probability distribution. Examples demonstrate the benefits of joint sensing and communication as compared to a separation-based approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages111-115
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781538647806
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2018
Event2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2018 - Vail, United States
Duration: 17 Jun 201822 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
Volume2018-June
ISSN (Print)2157-8095

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVail
Period17/06/1822/06/18

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