Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; 
- Example: "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"[syn: background, background signal]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
background signal
    n 1: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon
         to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and
         could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
         [syn: background, background signal]