title: Complete and flexible replacement of chaotic uncertainty with transmitted information.
abstract: Natural chaos can be described as an information source emitting symbolic sequences with positive entropy. We use two algorithmic techniques from data compression in a nonstandard way along with a control scheme to replace the natural uncertainty in chaotic systems with an arbitrary digital message. Unlike previous targeting-based control, the controlled, deterministic, transmission appears statistically identical to natural chaos, with a message modulated on it at the intrinsic Kolmogorov-Sinai information generation rate of the chaotic oscillator. Thus, chaotic communication by targeting need not consume any additional channel capacity beyond that required by the message itself and the message-bearing signal may appear identical to the uncontrolled oscillator. We also demonstrate control and data transmission at the channel capacity of the oscillator, the maximum possible data rate compatible with the grammar.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0402, USA. mkennel@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Matthew B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kennel
authors.forename: Shawn D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Pethel