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Question 478

How can data rate be increased without increasing bandwidth?

  1. It is impossible
  2. Increasing analog-to-digital conversion resolution
  3. Using a more efficient digital codeCorrect answer
  4. Using forward error correction

Explanation

A more efficient code packs more bits into each transmitted symbol — for instance by using more phase and amplitude states — so the bit rate rises while the symbol rate, and therefore the bandwidth, stays the same. Forward error correction works the other way, adding redundancy at the cost of rate or bandwidth.

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Question 478: How can data rate be increased without increasing bandwidth? · FCC Amateur Extra Class (Element 4) · Questena