Published July 2016
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The unbounded benefit of encoder cooperation for the k-user MAC
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California Institute of Technology
Abstract
Cooperation strategies that allow communication devices to work together can improve network capacity. This paper generalizes the "cooperation facilitator" (CF) model from the 2-user to the k-user multiple access channel (MAC), extending capacity bounds, characterizing all k-user MACs for which the sum-capacity gain of encoder cooperation exceeds the capacity cost that enables it, and demonstrating an infinite benefit-cost ratio in the limit of small cost.
Additional Information
© 2016 IEEE. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers 15727524, 1526771, and 1321129. The first author thanks Ming Fai Wong for useful discussions regarding the proof of Theorem 3.Additional details
Identifiers
- Eprint ID
- 69863
- DOI
- 10.1109/ISIT.2016.7541317
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20160823-153226672
Related works
- Describes
- 10.1109/ISIT.2016.7541317 (DOI)
- http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180104-165541678 (URL)
- https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06113 (URL)
Funding
- NSF
- 15727524
- NSF
- CCF-1526771
- NSF
- CCF-1321129
Dates
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2016-08-23Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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