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Input-constrained binary erasure channel with feedback

A binary erasure channel with no adjacent transmitted ones admits an exact feedback capacity formula.

Point-to-point Binary Finite alphabet Erasure Feedback Memory Capacity Exact

Channel and question

Input
Binary symbols constrained to have no consecutive ones along every output history.
Output
An unerased input bit or an erasure marker.
Law
The memoryless binary erasure channel has erasure probability epsilon.
Quantity
Input-constrained binary erasure channel with feedback capacity \(C\), measured in bits per channel use.

Criterion. Vanishing average block error, with the constraints specified in the model.

  • 0 <= epsilon <= 1. Erasures are independent across time.
  • The encoder sees strictly past outputs through noiseless feedback.
  • The input constraint holds for every message and output history.

Current status

\[C_{\rm fb}=\max_{0\le p\le1/2}\frac{(1-\varepsilon)h_2(p)}{1+(1-\varepsilon)p}\]
Known results and bounds for Input-constrained binary erasure channel with feedback
ResultRelationMethodYear
Exact\(C_{\rm fb}=\max_{0\le p\le1/2}\frac{(1-\varepsilon)h_2(p)}{1+(1-\varepsilon)p}\)Dynamic programming converse and an explicit constrained feedback code.2015

Formal verification

Lean coverageFormally stated

Concrete operational definitions and admitted research statements are present. Existing proofs are preserved. New statements require mathematical review and proof completion.

Claims

  • Exact feedback capacity of the binary (1,infinity) input-constrained erasure channel.
    operational-capacity · exact capacity · solved · Formally stated · v2
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References

  1. Oron Sabag, Haim H. Permuter, and Navin Kashyap (2015). The Feedback Capacity of the (1,infinity)-RLL Input-Constrained Erasure Channel. arXiv preprint.

Discussion

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