Inter Symbol Interference
Inter Symbol Interference
Inter Symbol Interference
The spreading and smearing of the signal such that the energy from one symbol effects the next ones in such a way that the received signal has higher probability of being interpreted incorrectly is called Inter symbol interference.
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White gaussian noise
Decision device
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Receiving Filter
Causes of ISI
Imperfections in the overall frequency response of the system. When short pulse is transmitted, frequency components are differentially attenuated and differentially delayed by the system. Pulse appears to be dispersed.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth of the signal is equal to symbol rate for low pass signals twice of the symbol rate for band pass signals
If the square pulse gives sinc function in frequency domain, then couldnt we use sinc function in time domain to get brick wall square pulse in frequency domain? Yes we can use sinc function shaped pulse and have nothing spilling out of the bandwidth.
Solution ?
Nyquist offered ways to build realizable pulses that had a good quality as sinc pulse and has less disadvantages. One class of pulse offered was raised cosine pulses. Sinc pulse has bandwidth, W= 1/2Ts, while raised cosine pulses have adjustable Bandwidth between W to 2W.
Purpose is to achieve bandwidth as near to ideal Nyquist bandwidth as possible. The factor called roll off factor relates ideal bandwidth to achieved bandwidth as