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).

Further details of the relationship are given in ANNEX 3:.

Considering that

and          (Eq. 12)

and assuming a C/I of 19 dB, the following examples may be considered:

• I/N = 0 dB, results in (N+I)/N = 3 dB and considering C/I = 19 dB, then C/(N+I) = C/I - 3 dB = 16 dB    
• I/N = -6 dB, results in (N+I)/N » 1 dB and considering C/I = 19 dB, then C/(N+I) = C/I - 7 dB = 12 dB   
• I/N = -10 dB, results in (N+I)/N » 0.4 dB and considering C/I = 19 dB, then C/(N+I) = C/I - 10 dB = 9 dB           
• I/N = -20 dB, results in (N+I)/N = 0.04 » 0.1 dB and  C/I = 19 dB, then C/(N+I) = C/I - 20 dB = -1 dB     

 Note: 

In case C/(I+N) is chosen as the protection criterion: 

if I/N ≤ -20 dB, the impact of the interferer is negligible compared to the noise floor (i.e. C/(I+N) ≈ C/N);

if I/N > 10 dB, then C/(I+N) ≈ C/I (i.e. the interferer is more dominant than the noise).