Which error occurs during signal transmission when symbol timings overlap?

💡 Explanation

Intersymbol Interference (ISI) arises when a channel's impulse response causes symbols to spread and overlap because signal delay exceeds the symbol period, therefore adjacent symbols interfere rather than remaining discrete which leads to incorrect decoding.

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