Coherence bandwidth is a statistical measurement of the range of frequencies over which the channel can be considered "flat", or in other words the approximate maximum bandwidth or
frequency interval over which two frequencies of a signal are likely to experience comparable or correlated
amplitude fading. If the multipath time
delay spread equals
D seconds, then the coherence bandwidth
in rad/s is given approximately by the equation:
Also coherence bandwidth in Hz is given approximately by the equation:
It can be reasonably assumed that the channel is flat if the coherence bandwidth is greater than the data signal bandwidth. The coherence bandwidth varies over
cellular or
PCS communications paths because the multipath spread
D varies from path to path.