C/I may vary typically from 9 dB (e.g. for QPSK) to 26 dB or higher (e.g. for 64QAM…). By introducing artificial noise iRSS on top of the noise floor (I/N), C/I is then desensitised by (N+I)/N resulting in C/(N+I). Note that the desensitisation is exactly the factor (N+I)/N (also = 1+I/N).
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