Shannon Capacity Theorem
Shannon Capacity Theorem
system designer
The goals of digital communication
system designer
To maximize transmission bit rate R
To minimize probability of bit error PB
To minimize required power or
equivalently , to minimize required
bit energy to noise power spectral
density Eb/No
To minimize required system
bandwidth W
To maximize system utilization.
To minimize system complexity.
The Nyquist theoretical minimum
bandwidth requirement.
The Shannon-Hartley capacity
theorem
System capacity (C) IN INbit/sec=
BANDWIDTH Hz W
log 2 (1+S/N)
R be the channel transmission rate, where R<=C, th
e can ensure an arbitrarily small error probability usi
fficiently complicated coding scheme.
t if R>C, it is not possible to find code that can achi
n arbitrarily small error probability
b =Bit energy= Signal power * Tb Tb is 1/Rb
where
=Noise power spectral density= Noise power/Band
No= N/w
Figure of merit for digital communication
E=b S Tb = S/Rb If C=Rb
N N/W N/W
0
S/C= E b
C= W log 2 (1+S/N) NO N 0
E1b =
=0.693 = -1.6dB
N 0 log 2
e
Shannon limit