##  [Shannon-Hartley Theorem](/shannon-hartley-theorem) 

  ##  [Shannon-Hartley Theorem](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/shannon-hartley-theorem-0) 

  

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Definition

For a communication channel modeled as an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel with bandwidth B (Hz) and signal-to-noise ratio SNR (linear), the Shannon–Hartley theorem gives the channel capacity C (maximum achievable reliable information rate in bits per second) as C = B · log2(1 + SNR).

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



 ##  [Shannon-Hartley Theorem](https://information.quantumdictionary.io/shannon-hartley-theorem-1) 

  

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Definition

For a continuous-time, bandlimited additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel of bandwidth B and signal-to-noise ratio SNR, the Shannon–Hartley theorem gives the channel's maximum achievable reliable data rate C = B · log2(1 + SNR) bits per second; it is an information-theoretic upper bound assuming ideal coding and infinite block length under the specified channel model.