Background Noise (Mike Brookes )

Subject: Background Noise
From:    Mike Brookes  <mike.brookes(at)IC.AC.UK>
Date:    Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:53:20 -0000

According to the ITU (see ITU-T P.861), background noise typically has a
"Hoth" spectrum:

D. Hoth, "Room noise spectra at subscriber's telephone locations", JASA V12
pp499-504 April 1941

Of course this was in the last centry, before the intrusion of mobile phones
etc.

Mike

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