Talk:Water filling algorithm#Merge proposal: Water-pouring algorithm

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This is quite poorly written and hard to understand, anyone with a good understanding of the topic willing to improve?

This article seems at odds with mainstream communications engineering. For example transmit power adjustment in order to compensate for channel losses in a single-input single-output channel would not typically be regarded as an example of water-filling.

Unlike this article, another article water-pouring algorithm on exactly the same topic does seem in line with mainstream communications engineering and has more pertinent references, so it could be a better basis for improvements. One needed improvement is that you should get there when looking for "water-filling", which is perhaps a more common term than "water-pouring". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Contributor7545 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with all of your comments. When I get time I make make some changes. Sanpitch (talk) 18:26, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Related to the above topic: I propose merging water-pouring algorithm into water filling algorithm. Both articles are stubs about the exact same topic, but "water-filling algorithm" seems to be a significantly more common term. Currently water-pouring algorithm has the worse name but somewhat better content, so it would be good to merge that content here as a starting point for further improvements.

I also intend to move this page to "Water-filling algorithm" (with the hyphen) if there are no objections.

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Elestrophe (talk) 04:05, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but merge to Water-filling algorithm instead (grammar).--Srleffler (talk) 06:18, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]