Theoretical capacity

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Theoretical capacity

The Hartley-Shannon theorem [14] states that any channel has an intrinsic information capacity, C, for carrying data without error (this is a mathematical limit. Modern DSL modems achieve performance within a few dB of the limit, but become more complicated and introduce more delay as the limit is approached. At the limit they would be infinitely expensive and never deliver any data because of the processing latency).