Multiple choice

For a Hamming distance = 5, how many errors can be detected at the most?

  1. 4

  2. 12

  3. 2

  4. 5

  5. -
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Explanation

Assuming minimum Hamming distance (dmin) = 5 Number of errors (s) that can be detected can be obtained from (s + 1) <= dmin <= 5 - 1 s <= 4 Thus, at most 4 errors can be detected.

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