Narrowband vs. Broadband

Narrowbandadjective

Describing communication systems with a smaller bandwidth than wideband.

Narrowband

In radio communications, a narrowband channel is a channel in which the bandwidth of the message does not significantly exceed the channel's coherence bandwidth. In the study of wired channels, narrowband implies that the channel under consideration is sufficiently narrow that its frequency response can be considered flat.

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.