New Bounds for the Capacity Region of the Finite-State Multiple Access Channel

The capacity region of the Finite-State Multiple Access Channel (FS-MAC) with feedback that may be an arbitrary time-invariant function of the channel output samples is considered. We provided a sequence of inner and outer bounds for this region. These bounds are shown to coincide, and hence yield the capacity region, of FS-MACs where the state process is stationary and ergodic and not affected by the inputs, and for indecomposable FS-MAC when feedback is not allowed. Though the capacity region is `multi-letter' in general, our results yield explicit conclusions when applied to specific scenarios of interest.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: CORR
• Authors: Haim H. Permuter, Tsachy Weissman, Jun Chen
• Keywords: Arbitrary Time-invariant Function, Capacity Region, CORR 2008, Education, Finite-State Multiple Access