AWGN channel capacity

symbols, variables and units

C: bit/s; B: Hz; S/N: linear power ratio, dimensionless.

applicable conditions and boundaries

Additive white Gaussian noise and average power constraints; cannot be directly substituted into dB values.

formula source code

The following is a copyable LaTeX expression.

C=B\log_2\left(1+\frac SN\right)

Reference and Extended Learning

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