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Tele-Communication (Telecom) Terms Glossary and Dictionary
Transmission Impairments
Transmission Impairments is a condition that causes information to be lost in a signal. The following are some aspects of transmission impairments: (1) Attenuation. Signals loose power in time. (2) Dispersion. Signals tend to spread as they travel, with the amount of spreading dependent on the frequency. (3) Delay distortion. Due to velocity of propagation that varies with frequency. Thus, various frequency components of a signal arrive at the receiver at different times. (4) Noise; sources from Thermal, Intermodulation, Crosstalk.
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