Two-Hop Network with Multiple Decision Centers under Expected-Rate Constraints

• Published in: 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Hamad, Mustapha, Wigger, Michele, Sarkiss, Mireille
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Conferences; distributed hypothesis testing; Encoding; error exponents; Error probability; expected rate constraints; Global communication; Multi-hop; Numerical simulation; Receivers; Relay networks (telecommunication); variable-length coding

The paper studies distributed binary hypothesis testing over a two-hop relay network where both the relay and the receiver decide on the hypothesis. Both communication links are subject to expected rate constraints, which differs from the classical assumption of maximum rate constraints. We exactly...