Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Bandwidth (signal processing)

Index Bandwidth (signal processing)

Bandwidth is the difference between the upper and lower frequencies in a continuous band of frequencies. [1]

56 relations: Antenna (radio), Band-pass filter, Bandwidth (computing), Bandwidth extension, Baseband, Bit rate, Broadband, Broadcast license, Carrier wave, Center frequency, Channel capacity, Closed-loop transfer function, Communication channel, Control theory, Cutoff frequency, Data transmission, Decibel, Electronic filter, Electronics, Federal Communications Commission, FM broadcasting, Frequency domain, Frequency response, Full width at half maximum, Half-power point, Hertz, Information, Information theory, Input impedance, Logarithm, Low-pass filter, Modulation, Narrowband, Noise (electronics), Nyquist rate, Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem, Passband, Pattern, Photonics, Plain old telephone service, Radio, Rise time, Shannon–Hartley theorem, Signal, Signal processing, Spectral density, Spectral efficiency, Spectral line, Spectral width, Spectroscopy, ..., Stopband, Symbol rate, Telecommunication, Transition band, Tuner (radio), Wideband. Expand index (6 more) »

Antenna (radio)

In radio, an antenna is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in metal conductors, used with a transmitter or receiver.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Antenna (radio) · See more »

Band-pass filter

A band-pass filter, also bandpass filter or BPF, is a device that passes frequencies within a certain range and rejects (attenuates) frequencies outside that range.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Band-pass filter · See more »

Bandwidth (computing)

In computing, bandwidth is the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Bandwidth (computing) · See more »

Bandwidth extension

Bandwidth extension of signal is defined as the deliberate process of expanding the frequency range (bandwidth) of a signal in which it contains an appreciable and useful content, and/or the frequency range in which its effects are such.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Bandwidth extension · See more »

Baseband

Baseband is a signal that has a very narrow and near-zero frequency range, i.e. a spectral magnitude that is nonzero only for frequencies in the vicinity of the origin (termed f.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Baseband · See more »

Bit rate

In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable R) is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Bit rate · See more »

Broadband

In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Broadband · See more »

Broadcast license

A broadcast license is a type of spectrum license granting the licensee permission to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Broadcast license · See more »

Carrier wave

In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a waveform (usually sinusoidal) that is modulated (modified) with an input signal for the purpose of conveying information.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Carrier wave · See more »

Center frequency

In electrical engineering and telecommunications, the center frequency of a filter or channel is a measure of a central frequency between the upper and lower cutoff frequencies.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Center frequency · See more »

Channel capacity

Channel capacity, in electrical engineering, computer science and information theory, is the tight upper bound on the rate at which information can be reliably transmitted over a communication channel.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Channel capacity · See more »

Closed-loop transfer function

A closed-loop transfer function in control theory is a mathematical expression (algorithm) describing the net result of the effects of a closed (feedback) loop on the input signal to the circuits enclosed by the loop.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Closed-loop transfer function · See more »

Communication channel

A communication channel or simply channel refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Communication channel · See more »

Control theory

Control theory in control systems engineering deals with the control of continuously operating dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Control theory · See more »

Cutoff frequency

In physics and electrical engineering, a cutoff frequency, corner frequency, or break frequency is a boundary in a system's frequency response at which energy flowing through the system begins to be reduced (attenuated or reflected) rather than passing through.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Cutoff frequency · See more »

Data transmission

Data transmission (also data communication or digital communications) is the transfer of data (a digital bitstream or a digitized analog signal) over a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication channel.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Data transmission · See more »

Decibel

The decibel (symbol: dB) is a unit of measurement used to express the ratio of one value of a physical property to another on a logarithmic scale.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Decibel · See more »

Electronic filter

Electronic filters are circuits which perform signal processing functions, specifically to remove unwanted frequency components from the signal, to enhance wanted ones, or both.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Electronic filter · See more »

Electronics

Electronics is the discipline dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Electronics · See more »

Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by statute (and) to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Federal Communications Commission · See more »

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and FM broadcasting · See more »

Frequency domain

In electronics, control systems engineering, and statistics, the frequency domain refers to the analysis of mathematical functions or signals with respect to frequency, rather than time.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Frequency domain · See more »

Frequency response

Frequency response is the quantitative measure of the output spectrum of a system or device in response to a stimulus, and is used to characterize the dynamics of the system.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Frequency response · See more »

Full width at half maximum

Full width at half maximum (FWHM) is an expression of the extent of function given by the difference between the two extreme values of the independent variable at which the dependent variable is equal to half of its maximum value.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Full width at half maximum · See more »

Half-power point

The half-power point or half-power bandwidth is the frequency at which the output power has dropped to half of its peak value; that is, at a level of approximately -3 dB.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Half-power point · See more »

Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Hertz · See more »

Information

Information is any entity or form that provides the answer to a question of some kind or resolves uncertainty.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Information · See more »

Information theory

Information theory studies the quantification, storage, and communication of information.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Information theory · See more »

Input impedance

The input impedance of an electrical network is the measure of the opposition to current flow (impedance), both static (resistance) and dynamic (reactance), into the load network being that is external to the electrical source.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Input impedance · See more »

Logarithm

In mathematics, the logarithm is the inverse function to exponentiation.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Logarithm · See more »

Low-pass filter

A low-pass filter (LPF) is a filter that passes signals with a frequency lower than a certain cutoff frequency and attenuates signals with frequencies higher than the cutoff frequency.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Low-pass filter · See more »

Modulation

In electronics and telecommunications, modulation is 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.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Modulation · See more »

Narrowband

In radio, narrowband describes a channel in which the bandwidth of the message does not significantly exceed the channel's coherence bandwidth.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Narrowband · See more »

Noise (electronics)

In electronics, noise is an unwanted disturbance in an electrical signal.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Noise (electronics) · See more »

Nyquist rate

In signal processing, the Nyquist rate, named after Harry Nyquist, is twice the bandwidth of a bandlimited function or a bandlimited channel.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Nyquist rate · See more »

Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem

In the field of digital signal processing, the sampling theorem is a fundamental bridge between continuous-time signals (often called "analog signals") and discrete-time signals (often called "digital signals").

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem · See more »

Passband

A passband is the range of frequencies or wavelengths that can pass through a filter.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Passband · See more »

Pattern

A pattern is a discernible regularity in the world or in a manmade design.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Pattern · See more »

Photonics

Photonics is the physical science of light (photon) generation, detection, and manipulation through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and detection/sensing.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Photonics · See more »

Plain old telephone service

Plain old telephone service or plain ordinary telephone service (POTS) is a retronym for voice-grade telephone service employing analog signal transmission over copper loops.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Plain old telephone service · See more »

Radio

Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Radio · See more »

Rise time

In electronics, when describing a voltage or current step function, rise time is the time taken by a signal to change from a specified low value to a specified high value.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Rise time · See more »

Shannon–Hartley theorem

In information theory, the Shannon–Hartley theorem tells the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted over a communications channel of a specified bandwidth in the presence of noise.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Shannon–Hartley theorem · See more »

Signal

A signal as referred to in communication systems, signal processing, and electrical engineering is a function that "conveys information about the behavior or attributes of some phenomenon".

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Signal · See more »

Signal processing

Signal processing concerns the analysis, synthesis, and modification of signals, which are broadly defined as functions conveying "information about the behavior or attributes of some phenomenon", such as sound, images, and biological measurements.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Signal processing · See more »

Spectral density

The power spectrum S_(f) of a time series x(t) describes the distribution of power into frequency components composing that signal.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Spectral density · See more »

Spectral efficiency

Spectral efficiency, spectrum efficiency or bandwidth efficiency refers to the information rate that can be transmitted over a given bandwidth in a specific communication system.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Spectral efficiency · See more »

Spectral line

A spectral line is a dark or bright line in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum, resulting from emission or absorption of light in a narrow frequency range, compared with the nearby frequencies.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Spectral line · See more »

Spectral width

In telecommunications, spectral width is the wavelength interval over which the magnitude of all spectral components is equal to or greater than a specified fraction of the magnitude of the component having the maximum value.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Spectral width · See more »

Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Spectroscopy · See more »

Stopband

A stopband is a band of frequencies, between specified limits, through which a circuit, such as a filter or telephone circuit, does not allow signals to pass, or the attenuation is above the required stopband attenuation level.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Stopband · See more »

Symbol rate

In digital communications, symbol rate, also known as baud rate and modulation rate, is the number of symbol changes, waveform changes, or signaling events, across the transmission medium per time unit using a digitally modulated signal or a line code.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Symbol rate · See more »

Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of signs, signals, messages, words, writings, images and sounds or information of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Telecommunication · See more »

Transition band

The transition band, also called the skirt, is a range of frequencies that allows a transition between a passband and a stopband of a signal processing filter.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Transition band · See more »

Tuner (radio)

A tuner is a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions like radio broadcasts and converts the selected carrier frequency and its associated bandwidth into a fixed frequency that is suitable for further processing, usually because a lower frequency is used on the output.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Tuner (radio) · See more »

Wideband

In communications, a system is wideband when the message bandwidth significantly exceeds the coherence bandwidth of the channel.

New!!: Bandwidth (signal processing) and Wideband · See more »

Redirects here:

Analog bandwidth, Antenna bandwidth, Fractional bandwidth, Frequency bandwidth, RF bandwidth, Radio bandwidth, Radio frequency bandwidth, Rayleigh Bandwidth, Signal bandwidth, Spectral bandwidth.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_(signal_processing)

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »