Performance Limits in Communication Theory and Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Breaking the Recursive Bottleneck....Pages 3-19
 Optimum Scales and Limits of Integration ....Pages 21-42
On Ultimate Thermodynamic Limitations in Communication and Computation....Pages 43-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
On the Capacity of Peak Power Constrained Gaussian Channels....Pages 61-73
Complexity Issues for Public Key Cryptography....Pages 75-97
Collaborative Coding for Optical Fibre Multi-User Channels....Pages 99-111
What Happened with Knapsack Cryptographic Schemes?....Pages 113-134
Optical Logic for Computers....Pages 135-141
Limitations of Queueing Models in Communication Networks....Pages 143-153
Limits to Network Reliability....Pages 155-172
Two Non-Standard Paradigms for Computation: Analog Machines and Cellular Automata....Pages 173-192
The Capacity Region of the Binary Multiplying Channel — A Converse....Pages 193-205
Recent Developments in Cryptography....Pages 207-223
The Role of Feedback in Communication....Pages 225-235
The Complexities of Information Transfer with Reference to a Genetic Code Model....Pages 237-265
The Ultimate Limits of Information Density....Pages 267-279
Limits of Radio Communication — Collaborative Transmission Over Cellular Radio Channels....Pages 281-307
Performance Boundaries for Optical Fibre Systems....Pages 309-321
Digital Optics & Optical Computing....Pages 323-332
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Robustness and Sensitivity of Communication Models....Pages 335-352
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Modulation and Coding for the Magnetic Recording Channel....Pages 353-367
Modelling of and Communication Limits for non-gaussian noise....Pages 369-381
Compatibility of 144 Kbits ISDN Digital Signals with Existing Systems....Pages 383-390
Channel Models for Random-Access Systems....Pages 391-402
Capacity Limits for Multiple-Access Channels without Feedback....Pages 403-426
Limits on System Reliability Improvement....Pages 427-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-445