Resolution and sampling rate needed for quantisation of a narrowband signal in wideband noise

The paper examines how large the input noise to a quantizer can be with respect to the quantization interval and the input noise bandwidth with respect to the sampling rate in order that quantization noise does not degrade a system's signal/noise ratio more than a specified amount. Appropriate minimum values of sampling rate and input bandwidth are derived. The results are applied to a digital radio receiver, in which quantization is performed in a wideband stage at RF or IF, and filtering and detection are carried out by a digital signal processor.