Single Side Band (SSB)

In radio communications, single-sideband modulation (SSB) or single-sideband suppressed-carrier (SSB-SC) is a refinement of amplitude modulation that more efficiently uses transmitter power and bandwidth. Amplitude modulation produces an output signal that has twice the bandwidth of the original baseband signal. Single-sideband modulation avoids this bandwidth doubling, and the power wasted on a carrier, at the cost of increased device complexity and more difficult tuning at the receiver.