Optimized low-delay source-channel-relay mappings

• The three-node relay channel with a Gaussian source is studied for transmission subject to a low-delay constraint. A joint source-channel coding design algorithm is proposed and numerically evaluated. The designed system is compared with reference systems, based on modular source and channel coding, and the distortion-rate function for the Gaussian source using known achievable rates for the relay channel. There is a significant gain, in terms of decreased power, in using the optimized systems compared with the reference systems. The structure of the resulting source encoder and the relay mapping is visualized and discussed in order to gain understanding of fundamental properties of optimized systems. Interestingly, the design algorithm generally produces relay mappings with a structure that resembles Wyner-Ziv compression.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Telekommunikation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Telecommunications (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Estimation

joint source-channel coding

relay channel

quantization

sensor networks

Telecommunication

Telekommunikation

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