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What is delay spread and coherence bandwidth?
In telecommunications, the delay spread is a measure of the multipath richness of a communications channel. Coherence bandwidth is related to the inverse of the delay spread. The shorter the delay spread, the larger is the coherence bandwidth. Delay spread has a significant impact on Intersymbol interference.
What is coherence bandwidth mainly decided?
Coherence bandwidth is a statistical measurement of the range of frequencies over which the channel can be considered “flat”, or in other words the approximate maximum bandwidth or frequency interval over which two frequencies of a signal are likely to experience comparable or correlated amplitude fading.
Why is the coherence bandwidth of the channel important?
The importance of the coherence bandwidth is the following: in a frequency range which is considerably smaller than the coherence bandwidth, the channel’s frequency response can be considered flat (i.e., it doesn’t change much). So if your signal’s bandwidth is small compared to the channel’s coherence bandwidth, it will not be distorted very much.
How is the bandwidth of a PRB related to coherence?
The bandwidth of each PRB is smaller than the coherence bandwidth of the channel, i.e., each PRB experiences flat fading; The time duration of each PRB is shorter than the coherence time of the channel, i.e., each PRB experiences slow fading;
How is the bandwidth and coherence of a femtocell network related?
The bandwidth of each PRB is smaller than the coherence bandwidth of the channel, i.e., each PRB experiences flat fading; The time duration of each PRB is shorter than the coherence time of the channel, i.e., each PRB experiences slow fading; The femtocell network is perfectly synchronized.
What is the coherence bandwidth of the IS-95 waveform?
One reason for designing the CDMA IS-95 waveform with a bandwidth of approximately 1.25 MHz is because in many urban signaling environments the coherence bandwidth Bc is significantly less than 1.25 MHz. Therefore, when fading occurs it occurs only over a relatively small fraction of the total CDMA signal bandwidth.