“Information Theory of Wireless Networks: A Deterministic Approach”
Dr. David Tse

Description: 
Gaussian channels are commonly used models for multiuser  wireless communication. Unfortunately, the capacity of multiuser Gaussian  channels is unknown even for simple networks such as the single-relay  channel and the two-user interference channel. To make further progress in  understanding how to optimally communicate over these and more general networks, we propose a deterministic channel model which focuses on the interaction between the users rather than the noise in the system. We show: 

1) the analytical simplicity of this model by computing the capacities of several interference and relay networks based on this deterministic model; 

2) how the insights from the deterministic model can be translated into  finding near-optimal strategies for the Gaussian counterpart. 

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Date: Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Time: 3:30 PM
Webcast: http://msbstream01.usc.edu/MSBMediaSite/Viewer/?peid=7c65ad45-f185-4ee6-80df-27788a8c5a41