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The signal-to-interference ratio (S/I or SIR), also known as the '''carrier-to-interference ratio''' (''C/I'', '''CIR'''), the quotient between the average received modulated carrier power ''S'' or ''C'' and the average received [[co-channel interference]] power ''I'', i.e. [[cross-talk]], from other transmitters than the useful signal. |
The '''signal-to-interference ratio''' (S/I or SIR), also known as the '''carrier-to-interference ratio''' (''C/I'', '''CIR'''),is the quotient between the average received modulated carrier power ''S'' or ''C'' and the average received [[co-channel interference]] power ''I'', i.e. [[cross-talk]], from other transmitters than the useful signal. |
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The CIR resembles the [[carrier-to-noise ratio]] (CNR or ''C''/''N''), which is the [[signal-to-noise ratio]] (SNR or ''S''/''N'') of a modulated signal before demodulation. A distiction is that interfering radio transmitters contributing to ''I'' may be controlled by [[radio resource management]], while ''N'' involves noise power from other sources, typically [[additive white gaussian noise]] (AWGN). |
The CIR resembles the [[carrier-to-noise ratio]] (CNR or ''C''/''N''), which is the [[signal-to-noise ratio]] (SNR or ''S''/''N'') of a modulated signal before demodulation. A distiction is that interfering radio transmitters contributing to ''I'' may be controlled by [[radio resource management]], while ''N'' involves noise power from other sources, typically [[additive white gaussian noise]] (AWGN). |
The signal-to-interference ratio (S/I or SIR), also known as the carrier-to-interference ratio (C/I, CIR), is the quotient between the average received modulated carrier power SorC and the average received co-channel interference power I, i.e. cross-talk, from other transmitters than the useful signal.
The CIR resembles the carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR or C/N), which is the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR or S/N) of a modulated signal before demodulation. A distiction is that interfering radio transmitters contributing to I may be controlled by radio resource management, while N involves noise power from other sources, typically additive white gaussian noise (AWGN).
The CIR ratio is studied in interference limited systems, i.e. where I dominates over N, typically in cellular radio systems and broadcasting systems where frequency channels are reused in view to achieve high level of area coverage. The C/N is studied in noise limited systems. If both situations can occur, the carrier-to-noise-and-interference ratio, C/(N+I)orCNIR may be studied.