ECEN 489 - Fall 2019 Assignment 4 - Channel Coding Problem Due: Friday, October 4, 2019 (In Class)
ECEN 489 - Fall 2019 Assignment 4 - Channel Coding Problem Due: Friday, October 4, 2019 (In Class)
Problems:
for 0 ≤ p ≤ 1. Consider a discrete memoryless channel (DMC) with input X and output Y .
(a) 5 pt – Find an optimal input distribution, i.e., a distribution pX which maximizes the
mutual information I(X; Y ).
(b) 5 pt – Find the channel capacity.
2. Let Y = X + Z (mod 5), where the random variable X takes on values x ∈ {0, 1, . . . , 5} and
the random variable Z takes on values z ∈ {0, 1, 2}. Suppose that X and Z are independent.
Suppose that
1 1 1
pZ (0) = , pZ (1) = , pZ (2) = .
2 4 4
(a) 10 pt – For a DMC with input X and output Y , find an optimal input distribution and
the channel capacity.
(b) 10 pt – For a DMC with input X and output (Y, Z), find an optimal input distribution
and the channel capacity.
(a) 10 pt – For a DMC with input X and output Y , find an optimal input distribution and
the channel capacity.
(b) 10 pt – Define the function g(y) such that g(y) = 0 if y ∈ {0, 1}, and g(y) = 1 if
y ∈ {2, 3}. Let Z = g(Y ). Note that Z is a random variable. For a DMC with input X
and output Z, find an optimal input distribution and the channel capacity.
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4. Let Y = XZ, where X and Z are two independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random
variables, each taking on values −1 and 1.
(a) 10 pt – For a DMC with input X and output Y , find an optimal input distribution and
the channel capacity.
(b) 10 pt – For a DMC with input X and output (Y, Z), find an optimal input distribution
and the channel capacity.
5. Consider a binary symmetric channel (BSC) with input X and output Y , where
Suppose that the input distribution pX maximizes the mutual information I(X; Y ). Let n =
25, = 0.2, and R = I(X; Y ). Suppose that d2nR e codewords X n (1), X n (2), . . . , X n (d2nR e),
each of which is a binary sequence of length n, are randomly generated according to the
optimal input distribution pX .
6. (Bonus) Repeat the parts (d)-(f) of Problem 5 for each of the following cases, and compare
the results with those in Problem 5.