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Bandwidth

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The range of frequencies within a given band, in particular that used for transmitting a signal.

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Modulation

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The process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform, called the carrier signal, with a modulating signal that typically contains information to be transmitted.

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Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)

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A measure used in science and engineering that compares the level of a desired signal to the level of background noise.

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Nyquist Rate

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Twice the highest frequency of a given signal, the minimum rate at which a signal can be sampled without introducing errors.

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Bit rate

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The number of bits transmitted per second.

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Shannon Capacity

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The theoretical maximum data rate of a noise-free channel with a given bandwidth.

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Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)

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An error-detecting code commonly used in digital networks and storage devices to detect accidental changes to raw data.

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Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)

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A form of modulation that represents digital data as variations in the amplitude of a carrier wave.

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Phase Shift Keying (PSK)

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A modulation technique in which the phase of the carrier wave is varied to represent digital binary data.

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Inter-symbol Interference (ISI)

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A form of distortion of a signal in which one symbol interferes with subsequent symbols; an important factor limiting the data rate in digital communication systems.

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Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)

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A method of combining two amplitude-modulated signals into a single channel, thereby doubling the effective bandwidth.

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Multiplexing

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A method to combine multiple signals into one signal over a shared medium.

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Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)

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A form of modulation that represents digital data through discrete frequency changes of the carrier wave.

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Error Detection and Correction (EDC)

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Methods used in digital communications to detect and correct errors in the transmitted data.

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Equalization

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The process of adjusting the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal.

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Attenuation

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Reduction in the amplitude or power of a signal as it travels through a transmission medium.

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Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)

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An access method used by various radio communication technologies in which several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communication channel.

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Carrier Recovery

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The process of obtaining a phase-coherent carrier signal from the received signal to enable demodulation and decoding.

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Hamming Distance

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The number of positions at which the corresponding symbols are different in two strings of equal length.

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Noise

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Any unwanted form of energy that disturbs a communicated or received message or signal.

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Symbol Rate

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The number of symbol changes (waveform changes or signaling events) made to the transmission medium per second in a digitally modulated signal or a line code.

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Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

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A method of encoding digital data on multiple carrier frequencies that are orthogonal to each other.

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Forward Error Correction (FEC)

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A technique used for controlling errors in data transmission over unreliable or noisy communication channels, where the transmitter adds redundant data to its messages.

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Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)

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A method used to digitally represent sampled analog signals, which is the standard form for digital audio in computers and various Blu-ray, Compact Disc and DVD formats.

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Signal Constellation

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A representation of a signal modulated by a digital modulation scheme such as quadrature amplitude modulation or phase-shift keying.

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Differential Encoding

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A technique used in digital communications in which data is represented by relative rather than absolute changes in the signal.

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Spread Spectrum

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A form of wireless communications in which a signal generated with a particular bandwidth is deliberately spread in the frequency domain resulting in a signal with a wider bandwidth.

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Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ)

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A protocol for error control in data transmission where the receiver has the ability to detect errors and to request a retransmission of the data.

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Nyquist Criterion for Zero ISI

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A necessary condition for a communication channel to be free of inter-symbol interference (ISI) is that the overall impulse response of the channel at the sampling times is an impulse.

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