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Bit Error Ratio
  • The number of erroneous bits divided by the total number of bits transmitted, received, or processed over some stipulated period of time. Note: Two examples of bit error ratio are: (a) transmission BER--the number of erroneous bits received divided by the total number of bits transmitted; and (b) information BER--the number of erroneous decoded (corrected) bits divided by the total number of decoded (corrected) bits. The BER is usually expressed as a number and a power of 10; e. g. , 2. 5 erroneous bits out of 100,000 bits transmitted would be 2. 5 in 105 or 2. 5 ´ 10-5. See also binary digit, character-count and bit-count integrity, error, error budget, error burst, error control, error ratio, undetected error ratio.