- How do you measure the power of a signal?
- How do you calculate the power of a periodic signal?
- What is the power content of a signal if its energy is finite?
How do you measure the power of a signal?
The power of a signal is the sum of the absolute squares of its time-domain samples divided by the signal length, or, equivalently, the square of its RMS level.
How do you calculate the power of a periodic signal?
When the signal is periodic, the power simplifies to Px=1NN−1∑n=0|x[n]|2, where N is a period of the periodic signal. This is equivalent to saying that the power of a periodic signal is equal to the average energy in one period in the signal.
What is the power content of a signal if its energy is finite?
A signal is said to be an energy signal if and only if its total energy E is finite, i.e., 0 < 𝐸 < ∞. For an energy signal, the average power P = 0.