Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Several information-theoretic studies on channels with output quantization have identified the capacity-achieving input distributions for different fading channels with 1-bit in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) output quantization. However, an exact characterization of the capacity-achieving input distribution for channels with multi-bit phase quantization has not been provided. In this paper, we consider four different channel models with multi-bit phase quantization at the output and identify the optimal input distribution for each channel model. We first consider a complex Gaussian channel with$b$-bit phase-quantized output and prove that the capacity-achieving distribution is a rotated$2^{b}$-phase shift keying (PSK). The analysis is then extended to multiple fading scenarios. We show that the optimality of rotated$2^{b}$-PSK continues to hold under noncoherent fast fading Rician channels with$b$-bit phase quantization when line-of-sight (LoS) is present. When channel state information (CSI) is available at the receiver, we identify$\frac {2\pi }{2^{b}}$-symmetry and constant amplitude as the necessary and sufficient conditions for the ergodic capacity-achieving input distribution; which a$2^{b}$-PSK satisfies. Finally, an optimum power control scheme is presented which achieves ergodic capacity when CSI is also available at the transmitter.
Authors: Neil Irwin Bernardo, Jingge Zhu, Jamie Evans
Institution: The University of Melbourne
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3176741043