Noisy-channel coding theorem
Segundo teorema de Shannon
- Date
- 1948 · confidence high
- Place
- Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States
- Credited to
- Claude Shannon (1916-2001)
- Field
- Communication
What was discovered
Information theory theorem establishing the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted over a noisy channel with an arbitrarily low error rate through suitable coding; underlies modern digital communications.
What it led to
- error-correcting codes
- design of modems and digital networks
- data compression and transmission
- applied information theory