Shannon limit:

As w ,
C =
P
N
0
log
2
c bits per second

Proof:
For a bandlimited Gaussian channel, it is derived in the textbook that capacity is given by,
C =w log
2
(1+
P
N
0
w
) bits per second (1)
We try to express RHS of (1) in terms of log
c
in order to use Taylor series expansion for log
c
(1+x)
log
c
(1+x) = x
x
2
2
+
x
3
3

x
4
4
+ (2)
log
c
p =
Iog
2
p
Iog
2
c
(3)
log
2
p =(log
c
p)(log
2
c) (4)
Using (4) in (1), we get,
C =w log
c
(1+
P
N
0
w
)(log
2
c) (5)
Using (2), we have,
log
c
[1+
P
N
0
w
=
P
N
0
w

(
P
N
0
W
)
2
2
+
(
P
N
0
W
)
3
3

(
P
N
0
W
)
4
4
+ (6)
Using (6) in (7),
C =w (
P
N
0
w

(
P
N
0
W
)
2
2
+
(
P
N
0
W
)
3
3

(
P
N
0
W
)
4
4
+)(log
2
c) (7)
C =(
P
N
0

(
P
N
0
W
)
2
2w
+
(
P
N
0
W
)
3
3w

(
P
N
0
W
)
4
4w
+)(log
2
c) (8)
When w , (8) becomes
C =
P
N
0
log
2
c bits per second
Hence proved.