nyquist ISI criterion

For some filter with impulse response h(t), when applied (via linear convolution) to a signal, is ISI free if

h(nTs)={1n=00n0

In other words, for at every point right after every symbol (given by symbol duration Ts), the impulse response is 0, except at the first one.

In the frequency domain, this property is written as

1Tsk=H(fkfs)=1f

In other words, at every frequency an integer multiple of the symbol bandwidth, the frequency should be the same.

Satisfied by the raised cosine filter and sinc filter.

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