It is the percentage of bits that have errors relative to the total number of bits received in a transmission, usually expressed as ten to a negative power. For example, a transmission might have a BER of 10 -5, meaning that on average, 1 out of every of 100,000 bits transmitted. In digital transmission, the number of bit errors is the number of received bits of a data stream over a communication channel that have been altered due to noise, interference, distortion or bit synchronization errors. The bit error rate (BER) is the number of bit errors per unit time. These errors arise because the physical signal representing the bit is distorted or contaminated as it travels through. Bit Error Rate (BER) is a crucial metric in signal processing and communication systems, measuring the frequency of errors in data transmission.
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