Signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio

Information theory quantity

In information theory and telecommunication engineering, the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) is a quantity used to give theoretical upper bounds on channel capacity in wireless communication systems such as networks. Analogous to the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) used often in wired communications systems, the SINR is defined as the power of a certain signal of interest divided by the sum of the interference power and the power of some background noise. If the power of noise term is zero, then the SINR reduces to the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR). Conversely, zero interference reduces the SINR to the SNR, which is used less often when developing mathematical models of wireless networks such as cellular networks.

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