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This paper advances quantum information theory by modeling communication channels where the transmitter actively alters the environment before encoding a message. By deriving achievable transmission rates under constraints like the no-cloning theorem, it offers new theoretical frameworks for managing defective memory and measurement-induced state collapse in future quantum networks.
Quantum Action-Dependent Channels
arXiv:2510.09834v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study communication over a quantum action-dependent channel, where the transmitter first performs an action that "shocks" the channel environment, and subsequently encodes a message into a transmission sent through the channel. This two-stage interaction arises in various settings, including rewriting over defective memory and quantum effects such as measurement-induced state collapse. Our model can be viewed as a quantum generalization of Weissman's classical action-dependent channel (2010). Here, however, Alice cannot have a copy of the environment state due to the no-cloning theorem. Instead, she may share entanglement with this environment. We derive achievable rates for reliable message transmission via the quantum action-dependent channel, with either causal or non-causal channel side information (CSI). As a case study, we analyze memory storage with depolarization and selective rewriting, demonstrating how action-dependent control influences performance.
Abstract:We study communication over a quantum action-dependent channel, where the transmitter first performs an action that "shocks" the channel environment, and subsequently encodes a message into a transmission sent through the channel. This two-stage interaction arises in various settings, including rewriting over defective memory and quantum effects such as measurement-induced state collapse. Our model can be viewed as a quantum generalization of Weissman's classical action-dependent channel (2010). Here, however, Alice cannot have a copy of the environment state due to the no-cloning theorem. Instead, she may share entanglement with this environment. We derive achievable rates for reliable message transmission via the quantum action-dependent channel, with either causal or non-causal channel side information (CSI). As a case study, we analyze memory storage with depolarization and selective rewriting, demonstrating how action-dependent control influences performance.
Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Information Theory (cs.IT)
arXiv:2510.09834 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2510.09834v3 [quant-ph] for this version)
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