Fundamental energetic limits of radio communication systems

Publication date: Available online 15 December 2016 Source:Comptes Rendus Physique Author(s): Jean-Yves Baudais The evaluation of the energy consumption of a radiocommunication requires to analyse the life cycle of the elements used. However, this analysis does not specify the energetic limits. Theoretical approaches allow one to draw these limits, which are known in multiple cases of information transmission. However, the answers are not always satisfactory, in particular in the case of time-varying channels. After a brief presentation of the notion of energetic limits of a radiocommunication, and beginning with a global approach, we show that, contrary to the published results, the energetic limits always differ from zero if the physical constraints are correctly expressed.

Source: Comptes Rendus Physique - December 15, 2016 Category: Physics Source Type: research