Multiple choice

In some situations, the address of the error will be known because the physical layer received an analog signal that was far from the expected value for a 1 or 0 and declared that bit to be lost. This situation is known as _______.

  1. analog channel

  2. lost channel

  3. erasure channel

  4. known channel

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In some situations, the address of the error will be known because the physical layer received an analog signal that was far from the expected value for a 1 or 0 and declared that bit to be lost. This situation is known as erasure channel.