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Upper bounds on the capacity for optical intensity channels with AWGN

基于AWGN模型下的光通信信道容量上界

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The channel capacity of the optical wireless communication (OWC) systems is still a problem that has not an optimal and close-form expression, in spite of OWC can be used to achieve high data rates. This paper presents novel upper bounds on the channel capacity of an optical intensity modulated and directed detection (IM/DD) system under peak-power and average-power constraints. The channel is modeled as an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) optical channel. The bounds are derived based on sphere-based signal space argument. Simulation results show the proposed bounds are tight at both high and low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). Compared to those reported bounds, the derived bounds are better at high SNRs region in particular, and the expressions are simpler and unique for the whole range of average-to-peak-power ratio.

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尽管无线光通信可以实现更高的通信速率, 但是针对光通信信道容量所开展的研究仍没有得出一个最优且闭合的结论。此外, 由于传统的移动通信系统与光通信系统的调制和解调方式并不相同, 在传统移动通信中所得到的结论并不能直接应用在光通信系统中。本文主要是建立在AWGN模型下, 通过基于球体的信号空间模型理论, 在峰值功率和平均功率的限制下, 推导了IM/DD调制下的光信道容量上界表达式。与现有的结论相比, 所推导的上界不仅在高SNR下性能更优, 而且表达式更简单。

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61501109, 61571105, 61223001), National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863) (Grant No. 2013AA013601), and Jiangsu National Science Foundation (Grant No. BK20140646).

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    Yingying Yu, Zaichen Zhang, Liang Wu & Jian Dang

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Yu, Y., Zhang, Z., Wu, L. et al. Upper bounds on the capacity for optical intensity channels with AWGN. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 60, 022312 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-016-0452-x

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