On the low SNR capacity of log-normal turbulence channels with full CSI

by F. Benkhelifa, Z. Rezki, M. Alouini
Conference Proceedings Year: 2014

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F. Benkhelifa,  Z. Rezki,  M. Alouini, On the low SNR capacity of log-normal turbulence channels with full CSI, in Proceedings International Workshop  on Optical Wireless  communication ( IWOW'2014 ), Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, 17-19 September 2014.

Abstract

​In this paper, we characterize the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) capacity of wireless links undergoing the log-normal turbulence when the channel state information (CSI) is perfectly known at both the transmitter and the receiver. We derive a closed form asymptotic expression of the capacity and we show that it scales essentially as λ SNR where λ is the water-filling level satisfying the power constraint. An asymptotically closed-form expression of λ is also provided. Using this framework, we also propose an on-off power control scheme which is capacity-achieving in the low SNR regime.

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DOI: 10.1109/IWOW.2014.6950770

Keywords

Channel Capacity Full CSI Log-Normal Turbulence low SNR on-off signaling