Dual-Domain Exponent of Maximum Mutual Information Decoding

Abstract

This paper provides a dual domain derivation of the error exponent of maximum mutual information (MMI) decoding with constant composition codes, showing it coincides with that of maximum likelihood decoding for discrete memoryless channels. The analysis is further extended to joint source-channel coding, demonstrating that the generalized MMI decoder achieves the same random coding error exponent as the maximum a posteriori decoder.

This paper is scheduled to be presented at IEEE ITW 2025, Sydney, Australia