INTERFERENCE AND ITS IMPORTANCE

The superposition of two or more waves propagating through a given region. Depending on how the peaks and troughs of the interacting waves coincide with each other, the resulting wave amplitude can be higher or smaller than the amplitudes of the individual waves. When two waves interact so that they rise and fall together more than half the time, the amplitude of the resulting wave is greater than that of the larger wave. This is called constructive interference.

When two waves interact such that they rise and fall together less than half the time, the resulting amplitude is smaller than the amplitude of the stronger wave. This interference is called destructive interference.

It is possible for two waves of the same magnitude to completely cancel out in destructive interference where their sum is always zero, that is, where their peaks and troughs are perfectly opposed.

Frequency spectrum

ELF

SLF

ULF

VLF

LF

MF

HF

VHF

UHF

SHF

EHF

3 Hz

30 Hz

300 Hz 3 kHz

30 kHz 300 kHz 3 MHz

30 MHz 300 MHz 3 GHz

30 GHz

30 Hz 300 Hz 3 kHz

30 kHz 300 kHz

3 MHz

30 MHz 300 MHz 3 GHz

30 GHz 300 GHz

VHF

UHF

But as far as the wireless communication is concerned we have to mainly know about two communications 1.co-channel interference 2.Adjacent channel interference

Reuse distance 3 reuse pattern

Adjacent channel interference