Baseband vs. Broadband

Basebandnoun

(telecommunications) The frequency range occupied by a message signal prior to modulation.

Basebandnoun

A method of transmission in which only one frequency channel is used at a time.

Basebandnoun

(electronics) A device using baseband transmission.

Baseband

Baseband is a signal that has a near-zero frequency range (or, a narrow frequency ) from close to zero hertz up to a higher cut-off frequency. An example of a baseband signal would be the audio signal output of a microphone, or a single musical note or synthesized tone.

Broadbandadjective

(telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

Broadbandnoun

(telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

Broadbandnoun

(Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or cable modem.

Broadbandadjective

of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)

Broadbandadjective

responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies;

Broadband

In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types. The medium can be coaxial cable, optical fiber, radio, twisted pair or satellite.