On the capacity of free-space optical intensity channels

Amos Lapidoth, Stefan M. Moser, Michèle A. Wigger

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Abstract

New upper and lower bounds are presented on the capacity of the free-space optical intensity channel. This channel is characterized by inputs that are nonnegative (representing the transmitted optical intensity) and by outputs that are corrupted by additive white Gaussian noise (because in free space the disturbances arise from many independent sources). Due to battery and safety reasons the inputs are simultaneously constrained in both their average and peak power. For a fixed ratio of the average power to the peak power the difference between the upper and the lower bounds tends to zero as the average power tends to infinity, and the ratio of the upper and lower bounds tends to one as the average power tends to zero. The case where only an average-power constraint is imposed on the input is treated separately. In this case, the difference of the upper and lower bound tends to 0 as the average power tends to infinity, and their ratio tends to a constant as the power tends to zero.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2008
Pages2419-2423
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Sept 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2008 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: 6 Jul 200811 Jul 2008

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)2157-8101

Conference

Conference2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2008
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period6/07/0811/07/08

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