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T-Ecet301 - Bandwidth and Information Capacity

This document discusses bandwidth and information capacity in electronic communication systems. It defines bandwidth as the range of frequencies used to transmit a signal. Bandwidth is a significant limitation on system performance along with noise. Hartley's law states that bandwidth and transmission time determine the amount of information that can be conveyed. Shannon's information theory relates information capacity, bandwidth, and signal-to-noise ratio, showing that capacity increases with bandwidth and signal strength. For a standard voice channel, the example shows an information capacity of 26.9 kbps.

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T-Ecet301 - Bandwidth and Information Capacity

This document discusses bandwidth and information capacity in electronic communication systems. It defines bandwidth as the range of frequencies used to transmit a signal. Bandwidth is a significant limitation on system performance along with noise. Hartley's law states that bandwidth and transmission time determine the amount of information that can be conveyed. Shannon's information theory relates information capacity, bandwidth, and signal-to-noise ratio, showing that capacity increases with bandwidth and signal strength. For a standard voice channel, the example shows an information capacity of 26.9 kbps.

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Fundamentals of Electronic

Communication Systems
Bandwidth and Information Capacity
Bandwidth and Information capacity
Significant Limitation on the Performance of a Communication System:
• 1. bandwidth
• 2. noise
Bandwidth and Information capacity
Bandwidth – portion of the electromagnetic spectrum occupied by a signal
- the frequency range over which an information signal is
transmitted or over which a receiver or other electronic circuit operates
- the difference between the upper and lower frequency
limits of the signal or the equipment operation range.
Bandwidth and Information capacity
Channel Bandwidth – range of frequencies required to transmit the desired
information

BW = f2 – f1
Bandwidth and Information capacity
BW of the CC ≥ BW of the Info
Information Theory – a highly theoretical study of the efficient use of BW to
propagate information through electronic communication systems.

Information Capacity – a measure of how much information can be transferred


through a communication system in a given period of time.
Bandwidth and Information capacity
Hartley’s Law = R. Hartley, 1920, Bell Telephone Laboratories

“ The wider the bandwidth and the longer the time of transmission, the more
information that can be conveyed through the system. “
CBxt
Bandwidth and Information capacity
where:
C – Information Capacity
B – Signal Bandwidth
t – transmission time
Bandwidth and Information capacity
Information Theory – C.E. Shannon, 1948, Bell telephone Laboratories
- relates information capacity, bandwidth and,
signal-to-noise ratio

I = B log2 ( 1 + S/N )
I = 3.32 B log10 ( 1 + S/N )
Bandwidth and Information capacity
where:
I – information capacity (bits per second)
B – bandwidth (Hz)
S/N – signal-to-noise ratio (unit less)
B = I / log2 ( 1 + S/N )
Bandwidth and Information capacity
For a standard voice-band communication channel with a signal-to-noise power ratio
of 1000(30dB) and a BW of 2.7 kHz, the information that can be transferred is

I = 2700 log 2 ( 1 + 1000 )


I = 26.9 kbps

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