Bandwidth Calculator

BW v1.0
📊 100 Mbps
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📶 30 dB
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📡 QPSK
🔢 2.0
0.5 2 4 6 8 10
Bandwidth 50.0 MHz
Spectral Efficiency 2.00 bps/Hz
Shannon Capacity 499.0 Mbps
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Bandwidth Usage

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Required Bandwidth: 50.0 MHz Available: 100 MHz
Modulation Type QPSK
Symbol Rate 25.0 MBaud
Coding Gain 0.0 dB
Link Margin 3.0 dB
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Bandwidth Reference

Application Bandwidth
Voice Call ~ 64 kbps
Music Streaming ~ 320 kbps
HD Video ~ 5 Mbps
4K Streaming ~ 25 Mbps
Gigabit Ethernet 1 Gbps
5G Peak 10+ Gbps
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Formula

Bandwidth = Data Rate / Spectral Efficiency

Spectral Efficiency = bits per symbol × coding rate

Shannon Capacity = B × log₂(1 + SNR)
Symbol Rate = Data Rate / Bits per Symbol

Shannon-Hartley theorem defines theoretical limit

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Bandwidth Guide

  • 1 Set required data rate in Mbps
  • 2 Enter SNR for link quality
  • 3 Choose modulation scheme
  • 4 Calculate required bandwidth