Waterfilling
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The situation where each channel in a communication network is amplified to a sufficient level to compensate for impairments. uncountable
"Moreover, we derive the solution to the latter subproblem, that we dub non-homogeneous waterfilling (a variation on the MIMO waterfilling solution), and underline an inherent desirable feature: its ability to turn-off streams exhibiting low-SINR, thereby greatly speeding up the convergence of the proposed algorithm."
Example
More examples"Moreover, we derive the solution to the latter subproblem, that we dub non-homogeneous waterfilling (a variation on the MIMO waterfilling solution), and underline an inherent desirable feature: its ability to turn-off streams exhibiting low-SINR, thereby greatly speeding up the convergence of the proposed algorithm."
Etymology
From water + filling, by analogy with the behaviour of water when it finds a uniform level according to Pascal's law.
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