DocumentCode
894877
Title
Capacity and error exponent for the direct detection photon channel. II
Author
Wyner, Aaron D.
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Volume
34
Issue
6
fYear
1988
fDate
11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1462
Lastpage
1471
Abstract
For pt.I see ibid., vol.34, no.6, p.1449-61 (1980). The discussion of the capacity and error exponent of the direct detection optical channel is continued. The channel input in a T -second interval is a waveform satisfying certain peak and average power constraints for the optical signals. The channel output is a Poisson process with an intensity parameter that accounts for the dark-current component. An upper bound is obtained on the error exponent which coincides with the lower bound. Thus, this channel is one for which the error exponent can be known exactly
Keywords
channel capacity; optical links; signal detection; Poisson process; channel capacity; channel input; channel output; dark-current component; direct detection photon channel; error exponent; intensity parameter; optical channel; power constraints; upper bound; Channel capacity; Decoding; Degradation; Delay; Error probability; Information theory; Memoryless systems; Optical detectors; Signal processing; Upper bound;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/18.21285
Filename
21285
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