Reversible Computation in Wireless Communications

TL;DR

This paper explores the innovative application of reversible computation principles to wireless communications, including hardware architectures and distributed optimization, highlighting the potential benefits and inherent reversibility of communication systems.

Contribution

It introduces novel reversible computation approaches tailored for wireless communication systems, bridging hardware design and network optimization.

Findings

Reversible hardware architectures for underwater acoustic communications

Distributed optimization procedures using reversing Petri nets

Discussion of inherent reversibility in wireless communication channels

Abstract

This chapter presents the pioneering work in applying reversible computation paradigms to wireless communications. These applications range from developing reversible hardware architectures for underwater acoustic communications to novel distributed optimisation procedures in large radio-frequency antenna arrays based on reversing Petri nets. Throughout the chapter, we discuss the rationale for introducing reversible computation in the domain of wireless communications, exploring the inherently reversible properties of communication channels and systems formed by devices in a wireless network.