On the Non-Adaptive Zero-Error Capacity of the Discrete Memoryless Two-Way Channel

Entropy (Basel). 2021 Nov 15;23(11):1518. doi: 10.3390/e23111518.

Abstract

We study the problem of communicating over a discrete memoryless two-way channel using non-adaptive schemes, under a zero probability of error criterion. We derive single-letter inner and outer bounds for the zero-error capacity region, based on random coding, linear programming, linear codes, and the asymptotic spectrum of graphs. Among others, we provide a single-letter outer bound based on a combination of Shannon's vanishing-error capacity region and a two-way analogue of the linear programming bound for point-to-point channels, which, in contrast to the one-way case, is generally better than both. Moreover, we establish an outer bound for the zero-error capacity region of a two-way channel via the asymptotic spectrum of graphs, and show that this bound can be achieved in certain cases.

Keywords: Shannon capacity of a graph; two-way channel; zero-error capacity.