ECE 735 / Network Information Theory

3 unit(s)

J. Chen

Network information theory deals with the fundamental limits on information flow in networks and optimal coding techniques and protocols that achieve these limits. It extends Shannon’s point-to-point information theory to networks with multiple source and destinations. Although a complete theory is yet to be developed, several beautiful results and techniques have been developed over the past forty years with applications in wireless communication, the Internet, and other networked systems. The course aims to provide a broad coverage of key results, techniques, and open problems in network information theory.