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20152026
most citedOn Properties of the Support of Capacity-Achieving Distributions for Additive Noise Channel Models with Input Cost Constraints

31 citations · 48 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.MS2026

Density Functions and Random Number Generators of -Stable Distributions

Wael Tabbara, Sharafeddine Sharafeddine, Ahmad El-Hajj +2

Heavy-tailed distributions are increasingly found to better fit empirical data in engineering, finance, physics, network science, and related fields. Among them, -stable distrib…

cs.LG2026

Heavy-Tailed Principal Component Analysis

Mario Sayde, Christopher Khater, Jihad Fahs +1

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a cornerstone of dimensionality reduction, yet its classical formulation relies critically on second-order moments and is therefore fragile in…

cs.IT2026

On Linear Estimators for some Stable Vectors

Rayan Chouity, Charbel Hannoun, Jihad Fahs +1

We consider the estimation problem for jointly stable random variables. Under two specific dependency models: a linear transformation of two independent stable variables and a sub-…

eess.SP2025

THz-Band Near-Field RIS Channel Modeling for Linear Channel Estimation

Ahmad Dkhan, Simon Tarboush, Hadi Sarieddeen +2

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided terahertz (THz)-band communications are promising enablers for future wireless networks. However, array densification at high frequen…

cs.IT2024

A Framework for Robust Lossy Compression of Heavy-Tailed Sources

Karim Ezzeddine, Jihad Fahs, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

We study the rate-distortion problem for both scalar and vector memoryless heavy-tailed -stable sources (). Using a recently defined notion of ``strength" as a power m…

cs.IT2024★ 3 cited

Testing the Isotropic Cauchy Hypothesis

Jihad Fahs, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal, Ibrahim Issa

Isotropic -stable distributions are central in the theory of heavy-tailed distributions and play a role similar to that of the Gaussian density among finite second-moment laws.…

cs.IT2022

Age Distribution in Arbitrary Preemptive Memoryless Networks

Rajai Nasser, Ibrahim Issa, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

We study the probability distribution of age of information (AoI) in arbitrary networks with memoryless service times. A source node generates packets following a Poisson process,…

cs.IT2016

Information Measures, Inequalities and Performance Bounds for Parameter Estimation in Impulsive Noise Environments

Jihad Fahs, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

Recent studies found that many channels are affected by additive noise that is impulsive in nature and is best explained by heavy-tailed symmetric alpha-stable distributions. Deali…

cs.IT2016

Sufficient Conditions for Existence of

Jihad Fahs, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

In his technical report~\cite[sec. 6]{barrontech}, Barron states that the de Bruijn's identity for Gaussian perturbations holds for any RV having a finite variance. In this report,…

cs.IT2016★ 31 cited

On Properties of the Support of Capacity-Achieving Distributions for Additive Noise Channel Models with Input Cost Constraints

Jihad Fahs, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

We study the classical problem of characterizing the channel capacity and its achieving distribution in a generic fashion. We derive a simple relation between three parameters: the…

cs.IT2015

LP decoding excess over symmetric channels

Louay Bazzi, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

We consider the problem of Linear Programming (LP) decoding of binary linear codes. The LP excess lemma was introduced by the first author, B. Ghazi, and R. Urbanke (IEEE Trans. In…

cs.IT2015★ 14 cited

On the Finiteness of the Capacity of Continuous Channels

Jihad Fahs, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

Evaluating the channel capacity is one of many key problems in information theory. In this work we derive rather-mild sufficient conditions under which the capacity is finite and a…

cs.IT2015

Optimal Training for Non-Feedback Adaptive PSAM over Time-Varying Rayleigh Fading Channels

Khalid Zeineddine, Hussein Hammoud, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

Time-varying fast fading channels present a major challenge in the design of wireless communication systems. Pilot Symbol Assisted Modulation (PSAM) has been introduced to mitigate…