The purely sinusoidal component of a complex waveform that carries a signal from a transmitter to a receiver. The carrier wave itself cannot transmit information but must be changed or modulated, two [..]

Synonym carrier (cxr).

A radio signal that can be modulated.

TC Carrier waves are used to carry information from transmitter to receiver. The carrier wave will be radio or microwave frequency. There are two methods of using the carrier wave to carry information [..]

the actual electromagnetic wave at a specific carrier frequency; for the typical GNSS signal, the carrier wave is right-handed circularly polarized in the GHz microwave range

A carrier wave is a consistent waveform that can be modulated to carry a signal. To receive a signal, a receiver must be tuned to the same carrier wavelength used by the transmitter.

A continuous electromagnetic radiation, of constant amplitude and frequency, emitted by a transmitter. By modulation of the carrier wave, oscillations caused at the transmitting end are conveyed to the receiving end.

An electromagnetic wave that can be modulated, either in frequency, amplitude or phase, to transmit speech, music, images, or other signals.