Power of a discrete periodic waveform

The power of a discrete periodic signal $x_{N_0}(n)$ is the long-term average value of its squared samples:

$$P_x = \lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{N}\sum_{n=0}^{N-1}|x_{N_0}(n)|^2$$

When the signal is zero-mean, this is nothing else than the variance of the samples (and the RMS of the signal is therefore the standard deviation of the samples). Try it by yourself...

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