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The calculations of Huang and Reiss for the power spectrum of a pulse code modulation message is here extended, corrected, and generalized to include a formalism for an arbitrary Markovian process. The formalism contains arbitrary pulse shape and transmission times. For a first-order Markovian message the importance of the quasidiscrete frequencies is emphasized and it is concluded that these frequencies are more significant in defining the necessary bandwidth for transmission than any “optimized” choice of transmission times.
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The work reported in this paper was carried out under Contract No. F-44620-72-C-0072 with the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
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Cohen, E.R. Bandwidth limitations in pulse code modulation. J Stat Phys 13, 65–84 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012600
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012600