(Telecommunications) ratio of bits received with errors to the total number of bits transmitted (expressed as a fraction or percent), BER
In
telecommunication, an error ratio is the
ratio of the number of
bits,
elements,
characters, or blocks incorrectly received to the total number of bits, elements, characters, or blocks sent during a specified
time interval.The most commonly encountered ratio is the bit error ratio (BER) - also sometimes referred to as bit error rate.Examples of bit error ratio are (a)
transmission BER, i.e., the number of erroneous bits received divided by the total number of bits transmitted; and (b)
information BER, i.e., the number of erroneous decoded (corrected) bits divided by the total number of decoded (corrected) bits.
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