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waterfilling

waterfilling noun: the situation where each channel in a communication network is amplified to a sufficient level to compensate for impairments.

Noun

waterfilling (uncountable)

  1. The situation where each channel in a communication network is amplified to a sufficient level to compensate for impairments.
    • 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...2016, Hadi Ghauch, Taejoon Kim, Mats Bengtsson, Mikael Skoglund, “Separability and Sum-Rate Maximization in MIMO Interfering Networks”, in arXiv

Origin of waterfilling

From water + filling, by analogy with the behaviour of water when it finds a uniform level according to Pascal's law.

Questions about waterfilling

What does waterfilling mean?
Waterfilling means the situation where each channel in a communication network is amplified to a sufficient level to compensate for impairments.
What part of speech is waterfilling?
Waterfilling is a noun.

Words near waterfilling in the dictionary

  1. waterfaring
  2. waterfast
  3. Waterfield
  4. Waterfields
  5. waterfilled
  6. waterfilling
  7. waterfinder
  8. waterfinders
  9. waterfit
  10. waterflea
  11. waterfleas

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