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Spectral efficiency Calculator

Track throughput delivered per unit of spectrum, by site or cluster.

Performance & capacity
Telecom & infrastructure

How it's worked out

  • Spectral efficiency = throughput ÷ bandwidth
  • Average busy-hour throughput
NoteCompare with the Shannon capacity calculator to see the headroom left at the measured signal quality.

Source: 3GPP and ITU-R spectral efficiency concept

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