3.3 A wireless packet communications channel su ers from clustered errors. That
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3.3 A wireless packet communications
channel su ers from clustered errors.
That is, whenever a packet has an error,
the next packet will have an error with
probability 0:9. Whenever a packet is
error-free, the next packet is error-free
with probability 0:99. In steady-state,
what is the probability that a packet has
an error?
Explanation / Answer
P(current packet has a error) = P(current packet has an error, given that preceding packet also has an error) +
P(current packet has an error, given that preceding packet has NO error)
From the data given we have:
P(current packet has an error, given that preceding packet also has an error) = 0.90
P(current packet has an error, given that preceding packet has NO error) = 1-0.99 = 0.01
So, required probability is:
P(current packet has a error) = 0.90 + 0.01 = 0.91
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