Title :
Capacity and cutoff rate for Poisson-type channels
fDate :
11/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The capacity of a Poisson-type channel subject both to peak amplitude and average energy constraints is calculated, and its relation to the cutoff rate given by Snyder and Rhodes is determined in the "very noisy" case.
Keywords :
Optical communications; Poisson processes; Channel capacity; Digital systems; Noise level; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal design; Signal processing;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIT.1980.1056262
