Feedback in Wireless Networks: Recent Results & Discoveries

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• H. Vincent Poor, Princeton University
• Monday 14 July 2014, 11:00-12:00
• EEE Department, Room 611.

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Talk will be followed by lunch and drink reception.

Although Shannon’s work showed that feedback does not increase capacity in point-to-point communications, it is known to be quite useful in multi-terminal systems. Notably, feedback has long played a major role in the development of wireless networks, from its earliest and simplest uses in protocols such as Aloha, to its more sophisticated uses in advanced multiple-antenna systems. Recent years have seen a considerable research effort in this area, both on the practical uses of feedback and on the fundamental, and sometimes surprising, properties that it can impart to networks. This talk will review some of the latter developments, notably as they relate to the capacities of interference and MIMO broadcast channels.

Bio: Vince Poor is the Michael Henry Strater University Professor at Princeton University, where he is also the dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. His research interests are primarily in the areas of information theory, statistical signal processing and stochastic analysis, and their applications in wireless networking and related fields. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a recently elected Foreign Member of the Royal Society. Other recent recognition of his work includes the 2014 URSI Booker Gold Medal and honorary doctorates from several universities in Europe and Asia.

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