6.441 Transmission of Information, Spring 2003

Zheng, Lizhong; Médard, Muriel

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Zheng, Lizhong; Médard, Muriel

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Transmission of Information

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Abstract

6.441 offers an introduction to the quantitative theory of information and its applications to reliable, efficient communication systems. Topics include: mathematical definition and properties of information; source coding theorem, lossless compression of data, optimal lossless coding; noisy communication channels, channel coding theorem, the source-channel separation theorem, multiple access channels, broadcast channels, Gaussian noise, and time-varying channels.

Date issued

2003-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61661

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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6.441-Spring2003

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Keywords

transmission of information, quantitative theory of information, efficient communication systems, mathematical definition of information, properties of information, source coding theorem, lossless compression of data, optimal lossless coding, noisy communication channels, channel coding theorem, the source-channel separation theorem, multiple access channels, broadcast channels, gaussian noise, time-varying channels, lossless data compression, telecommunications, data transmission, Information theory

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