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Spectral efficiency

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Spectral efficiency of a point to point connection
Number of bits transported within a second and within a given bandwidth
Measured as bit/s/Hz
Increase by:
- Source coding e.g. Digital: MP3, Analog: Compander
- High order modulation e.g. 256 QAM
- MIMO multi antenna systems

Spectral efficiency of a wireless communication system
Number of bits transported within a second and within a given bandwidth summed over all users normalized to area
Measured as bit/s/Hz/km2
Increase by smaller cells, more dense placing of basestations

Efficiency of spectrum use, sometimes also called short “spectral efficiency”
Number of bits transported within a second and within a given summed over all users normalized to area
Measured as: bit/s/Hz/km2 across all systems
Increase by implementation of co-primary and secondary systems, that make use of resources actually not in use by primary systems, opportunistic access

(Source: Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Friedrich K. Jondral)


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