One-shot Capacity Bounds on the Simultaneous Transmission of Public and Private Information Over Quantum Channels

Abstract

We aim to study the optimal rates of transmission of public and private classical information over a quantum channel in the most general channel model. To this end, we discuss a scenario in which a quantum channel is being used only once, i.e., one-shot regime is considered. A quantum channel can be used to send classical information (bits) either publicly or privately and for either case, one-shot bounds have been reported in the literature. This paper investigates the one-shot capacity capabilities of a quantum channel for simultaneous transmission of public and private information. We derive an achievable rate region in the form of a tradeoff between public and private rates. We also provide converse bounds assessing the tightness of our achievable rates. Our main tools used in the achievability proofs are position-based decoding and convex-split lemma.