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Where:
is the capacity in bits per second,
Hertz,
is the signal power and
density.
is the bandwidth in
is the noise spectral
value.
bits/second/Hz.
Further, from our discussion on Bit error rate for 16 PSK
modulation using Gray mapping, we know that symbol to
noise ratio is times the bit to noise ratio, i.e.
.
Substituting this into the capacity equation,
bits/second/Hz.
For notational convenience, let us define
efficiency in bits/second/Hertz.
as the spectral
.
(Thanks to LHospitals rule).
This means that for reliable communication, we need to
have
or equivalently expressing in
decibels,
The plot captures the equation,
.
It divides the area into two regions:
(a) In the region below the curve, reliable communication is
possible and
(b) in the region above the curve, reliable communication is
not possible.
Closer the performance of a communication system is to the
curve, more optimal is the system.