Confusion about channel capacity definition and units
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Why can the channel capacity C of the additive white gaussion noise (AWGN) channel be denoted in different ways and how do they relate to each other? Examples:
C = (1/2) * log2(1 + SNR) [bit?]
source: wikipedia: Additive_White_Gaussian_Noise#Channel_Capacity
C = B * log2(1 + SNR) [bit/s] with bandwidth B in Hz.
source: wikipedia: Channel_capacity#Example_application
SNR is the signal to noise ratio in both formulas and B is the bandwidth of the used channel in Hz.
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