Maximum entropy quantization of link state

Software stored on a non-transitory machine-readable media comprising instructions stored thereupon for causing a processor at a communication source to perform a procedure including:

• collecting a set of values from a domain of possible values;
• repeatedly determining values of one or more parameters characterizing a distribution of the collected set of values, transmitting the values of the one or more parameters to a communication destination, determining a partition of the domain of possible values including a plurality of parts of the domain, each part being associated with a different quantization index, and storing the partition in a memory;
• between transmissions of the values of the one or more parameters, repeating
• quantizing a value according to the stored partition to determined a quantization index for the value, and
• causing transmission of the quantization index to the communication destination.

A communication node configured to communicate in a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of communication nodes including said communication node, the wireless communication network configured to provide relayed communication between the communication nodes, wherein the communication node comprises:

• a transceiver configured for wireless communication over links with other of the communication nodes;
• a data storage;
• and
• a processor configured to
• collect a set of values from a domain of possible values associated with characteristics of communication links from one or more other nodes of the communication nodes to the first node;
• repeatedly determine values of one or more parameters characterizing a distribution of the collected set of values for each of the communication links, transmitting the values of the one or more parameters to at least one other node of the communication nodes, and for each of the distributions determine a partition of the domain of possible values including a plurality of parts of the domain, each part being associated with a different quantization index, and storing the partition in the data storage;
• between transmissions of the values of the one or more parameters,
• quantize a value according to the stored partition for a distribution to determined a quantization index for the value, and
• cause transmission of the quantization index to the at least one other node.