UGC NET CSE | June 2009 | Part 2 | Question: 02

Question

In order that a code is  error correcting, the minimum Hamming distance should be :

1. $t$    
2. $2t - 1$    
3. $2t$    
4. $2t + 1$

Answer 1

the minimum Hamming distance for error correction= 2t+1

the minimum Hamming distance for error detection= t+1

Ans: D