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Figure \ref{fig:scattering_timescales} shows the best-case scattering broadening as a function of DM for a range of SKA1 observing frequencies. The point at which the scattering timescale exceeds the timescale implied by new versions of SKA1-SYS\_REQ-2961 and SKA1-SYS\_REQ-2962 (see above) ultimately determines the maximum DM that must be corrected by for which  the SKA PST via SKA1 pulsar timing instrumentation must support  phase-coherent dispersion removal. Beyond this DM, the computational cost of coherent dedispersion can be decreased by increasing the number of frequency channels into which the signal is divided.