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Performance Limits in Communication Theory and Practice

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. J. K. Skwirzynski

    1. Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 142)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Ultimate Physical Limits in Electronic Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Breaking the Recursive Bottleneck

      • David G. Messerschmitt
      Pages 3-19

    3. Optimum Scales and Limits of Integration

      • Daniel V. McCaughan
      Pages 21-42

    4. On Ultimate Thermodynamic Limitations in Communication and Computation

      • Jerome Rothstein
      Pages 43-58

  3. Statistical, Informational, Computational and Cryptographic Limits

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. On the Capacity of Peak Power Constrained Gaussian Channels

      • I. Bar-David
      Pages 61-73

    3. Complexity Issues for Public Key Cryptography

      • Ian F. Blake, Paul C. van Oorschot, Scott A. Vanstone
      Pages 75-97

    4. Collaborative Coding for Optical Fibre Multi-User Channels

      • P. Bridge
      Pages 99-111

    5. What Happened with Knapsack Cryptographic Schemes?

      • Y. G. Desmedt
      Pages 113-134

    6. Optical Logic for Computers

      • Robert W. Keyes
      Pages 135-141

    7. Limitations of Queueing Models in Communication Networks

      • Anthony Ephremides
      Pages 143-153

    8. Limits to Network Reliability

      • Günter G. Weber
      Pages 155-172

    9. Two Non-Standard Paradigms for Computation: Analog Machines and Cellular Automata

      • Kenneth Steiglitz
      Pages 173-192

    10. The Capacity Region of the Binary Multiplying Channel — A Converse

      • J. Pieter, M. Schalkwijk
      Pages 193-205

    11. Recent Developments in Cryptography

      • Fred Piper
      Pages 207-223

    12. The Role of Feedback in Communication

      • Thomas M. Cover
      Pages 225-235

    13. The Complexities of Information Transfer with Reference to a Genetic Code Model

      • G. A. Karpel
      Pages 237-265

    14. The Ultimate Limits of Information Density

      • Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, Robert J. McEliece
      Pages 267-279

    15. Limits of Radio Communication — Collaborative Transmission Over Cellular Radio Channels

      • P. G. Farrell, A. Brine, A. P. Clark, D. J. Tait
      Pages 281-307
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    J. K. Skwirzynski

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