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of information.

We already know that!

Shannon’s Theorem gives an
upper bound to the capacity
of a link, in bits per second
(bps), as a function of the
available bandwidth and the
signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) of
the link.

The Theorem can be stated

as:

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C = B * log2(1+
S/N)

(Where, C is the achievable

channel capacity, B is the
bandwidth of the line, S is
the average signal power and
N is the average noise power)

The signal-to-noise ratio (S/N)

is usually expressed in
decibels (dB) given by the
formula:

10 * log10(S/N)

Take a look at this graph

showing relationship
between C/B and S/N:

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