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signal-to-noise ratio

Standard

ECSS-E-ST-32-11C - Modal survey assessment (31 July 2008)

Definition

ratio of the power of the desired signal to that of the coexistent noise at a specified point in a transmission channel under specified conditions

Notes

NOTE 1 The signal-to-noise ratio is a measure of the signal quality.
NOTE 2 It is usually given as the ratio of voltage of a desired signal to the undesired noise component measured in corresponding units.

Relations

ECSS-E-ST-50C — channel
ECSS-E-ST-32-11C — noise
ECSS-E-ST-60-21C — noise
ECSS-E-ST-50-11C — signal
ECSS-E-ST-50-12C Rev.1 — signal
ECSS-E-ST-50-02C — SNR

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