On the End-to-End Distortion for a Buffered Transmission over Fading Channel

dc.creatorLi, Qiang
dc.creatorGeorghiades, C. N.
dc.date2007-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:16:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:16:07Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper, we study the end-to-end distortion/delay tradeoff for a analogue source transmitted over a fading channel. The analogue source is quantized and stored in a buffer until it is transmitted. There are two extreme cases as far as buffer delay is concerned: no delay and infinite delay. We observe that there is a significant power gain by introducing a buffer delay. Our goal is to investigate the situation between these two extremes. Using recently proposed \emph{effective capacity} concept, we derive a closed-form formula for this tradeoff. For SISO case, an asymptotically tight upper bound for our distortion-delay curve is derived, which approaches to the infinite delay lower bound as $\mathcal{D}_\infty \exp(\frac{C}{τ_n})$, with $τ_n$ is the normalized delay, $C$ is a constant. For more general MIMO channel, we computed the distortion SNR exponent -- the exponential decay rate of the expected distortion in the high SNR regime. Numerical results demonstrate that introduction of a small amount delay can save significant transmission power.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0225
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0225
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/133671
dc.subjectInformation Theory
dc.titleOn the End-to-End Distortion for a Buffered Transmission over Fading Channel
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