On the sum-rate capacity of non-symmetric Poisson multiple access channel

Ain Ul Aisha, Yingbin Liang, Lifeng Lai, Shlomo Shamai Shitz

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Abstract

In this paper, we characterize the sum-rate capacity of the non-symmetric Poisson multiple access channel (MAC). While the sum-rate capacity of the symmetric Poisson MAC has been characterized in the literature, the special property exploited in the existing method for the symmetric case does not hold for the non-symmetric channel anymore. We obtain the optimal input that achieves the sum-rate capacity by solving a non-convex optimization problem. We show that, for certain channel parameters, it is optimal for a single user to transmit to achieve the sum-rate capacity. This is in sharp contrast to the Gaussian MAC, in which all users must transmit, either simultaneously or at different times, in order to achieve the sum-rate capacity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - ISIT 2016; 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory
Pages375-379
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509018062
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Aug 2016
Event2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2016 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 10 Jul 201615 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
Volume2016-August

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2016
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period10/07/1615/07/16

Keywords

  • Poisson channels
  • multi-access channels
  • optimal power allocation
  • sum-rate

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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