spectral efficiency

spectral efficiency definition - telecom
In reference to the extent to which a transmission system uses the available or assigned frequency spectrum.A more efficient system uses bandwidth more efficiently by optimizing coding, power, etc.A theoretically completely efficient system uses all bandwidth, wasting none. See also bandwidth, frequency, and spectrum.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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