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IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW)

On the Interference Channel with Entangled Transmitters

Hadi Aghaee, Christian Deppe

Published Sep 29, 2025• 1 citation
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Abstract

We investigate the Han-Kobayashi rate region (HK-region) for a two-user interference channel (IC) in the presence of entangled transmitters. Our approach begins with an analysis of a three-user multiple access channel (MAC) where the transmitters share quantum entanglement. Building on these results, we extend our findings to the interference channel scenario. Our results demonstrate that sharing a maximally entangled state between the transmitters can significantly expand the Han-Kobayashi rate region.

DOI
10.1109/itw62417.2025.11240483

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