Physical Layer

2-5 Limit of physical layer

• The Nyquist Limit
• Shannon Capacity

The Nyquist Limit

noiseless channel

The maximum rate we send information across a noiseless channel is 2B multiplied by log to the base 2 of V.

Shannon Capacity

including noise

The signal to noise rate, or S by N is typically expressed on a long scale because it can take on a wide range of value -> SNR_db = 10log₁₀ S/N

The limit, the capacity is given by the bandwidth multiplied by log to the base 2 1 plus S on N.

DSL: Digital Subsriber Line