EVM

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A measure used to quantify the performance of a digital radio transmitter or receiver.

Error Vector Magnitude. A metric that measures how far the actual transmitted or received signal points deviate from their ideal locations in a constellation diagram. A high EVM indicates poor signal quality, which leads to higher bit error rates and lower data throughput in wireless networks.

Heard on the job

The EVM on this sector is terrible, we likely have passive intermodulation on the tower.