2013
Koch, Tobias; Lapidoth, Amos
At Low SNR, Asymmetric Quantizers are Better Artículo de revista
En: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no 9, pp. 5421–5445, 2013, ISSN: 0018-9448.
Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: 1-bit quantizer, asymmetric signaling constellation, asymmetric threshold quantizers, asymptotic power loss, Capacity per unit energy, channel capacity, discrete-time Gaussian channel, flash-signaling input distribution, Gaussian channel, Gaussian channels, low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), quantisation (signal), quantization, Rayleigh channels, Rayleigh-fading channel, signal-to-noise ratio, SNR, spectral efficiency
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title = {At Low SNR, Asymmetric Quantizers are Better},
author = {Tobias Koch and Amos Lapidoth},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=6545291},
issn = {0018-9448},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Theory},
volume = {59},
number = {9},
pages = {5421--5445},
abstract = {We study the capacity of the discrete-time Gaussian channel when its output is quantized with a 1-bit quantizer. We focus on the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime, where communication at very low spectral efficiencies takes place. In this regime, a symmetric threshold quantizer is known to reduce channel capacity by a factor of 2/$pi$, i.e., to cause an asymptotic power loss of approximately 2 dB. Here, it is shown that this power loss can be avoided by using asymmetric threshold quantizers and asymmetric signaling constellations. To avoid this power loss, flash-signaling input distributions are essential. Consequently, 1-bit output quantization of the Gaussian channel reduces spectral efficiency. Threshold quantizers are not only asymptotically optimal: at every fixed SNR, a threshold quantizer maximizes capacity among all 1-bit output quantizers. The picture changes on the Rayleigh-fading channel. In the noncoherent case, a 1-bit output quantizer causes an unavoidable low-SNR asymptotic power loss. In the coherent case, however, this power loss is avoidable provided that we allow the quantizer to depend on the fading level.},
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We study the capacity of the discrete-time Gaussian channel when its output is quantized with a 1-bit quantizer. We focus on the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime, where communication at very low spectral efficiencies takes place. In this regime, a symmetric threshold quantizer is known to reduce channel capacity by a factor of 2/$pi$, i.e., to cause an asymptotic power loss of approximately 2 dB. Here, it is shown that this power loss can be avoided by using asymmetric threshold quantizers and asymmetric signaling constellations. To avoid this power loss, flash-signaling input distributions are essential. Consequently, 1-bit output quantization of the Gaussian channel reduces spectral efficiency. Threshold quantizers are not only asymptotically optimal: at every fixed SNR, a threshold quantizer maximizes capacity among all 1-bit output quantizers. The picture changes on the Rayleigh-fading channel. In the noncoherent case, a 1-bit output quantizer causes an unavoidable low-SNR asymptotic power loss. In the coherent case, however, this power loss is avoidable provided that we allow the quantizer to depend on the fading level.
Koch, Tobias; Kramer, Gerhard
On Noncoherent Fading Relay Channels at High Signal-to-Noise Ratio Artículo de revista
En: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no 4, pp. 2221–2241, 2013, ISSN: 0018-9448.
Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: channel capacity, Channel models, Fading, fading channels, MIMO communication, multiple-input single-output fading channel statis, noncoherent, noncoherent fading relay channel capacity, radio receiver, radio receivers, radio transmitter, radio transmitters, Receivers, relay channels, relay networks (telecommunication), Relays, Signal to noise ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, SNR, statistics, time selective, Transmitters, Upper bound
@article{Koch2013a,
title = {On Noncoherent Fading Relay Channels at High Signal-to-Noise Ratio},
author = {Tobias Koch and Gerhard Kramer},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=6378474},
issn = {0018-9448},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Theory},
volume = {59},
number = {4},
pages = {2221--2241},
abstract = {The capacity of noncoherent regular-fading relay channels is studied where all terminals are aware of the fading statistics but not of their realizations. It is shown that if the fading coefficient of the channel between the transmitter and the receiver can be predicted more accurately from its infinite past than the fading coefficient of the channel between the relay and the receiver, then at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the relay does not increase capacity. It is further shown that if the fading coefficient of the channel between the transmitter and the relay can be predicted more accurately from its infinite past than the fading coefficient of the channel between the relay and the receiver, then at high SNR, one can achieve communication rates that are within one bit of the capacity of the multiple-input single-output fading channel that results when the transmitter and the relay can cooperate.},
keywords = {channel capacity, Channel models, Fading, fading channels, MIMO communication, multiple-input single-output fading channel statis, noncoherent, noncoherent fading relay channel capacity, radio receiver, radio receivers, radio transmitter, radio transmitters, Receivers, relay channels, relay networks (telecommunication), Relays, Signal to noise ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, SNR, statistics, time selective, Transmitters, Upper bound},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The capacity of noncoherent regular-fading relay channels is studied where all terminals are aware of the fading statistics but not of their realizations. It is shown that if the fading coefficient of the channel between the transmitter and the receiver can be predicted more accurately from its infinite past than the fading coefficient of the channel between the relay and the receiver, then at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the relay does not increase capacity. It is further shown that if the fading coefficient of the channel between the transmitter and the relay can be predicted more accurately from its infinite past than the fading coefficient of the channel between the relay and the receiver, then at high SNR, one can achieve communication rates that are within one bit of the capacity of the multiple-input single-output fading channel that results when the transmitter and the relay can cooperate.