Question

The capacity of a Binary Symmetric Channel (BSC) with cross-over probability 0.5 is ____

Answer 1

Capacity of channel is 1-H(p)

H(p) is entropy function

With cross over probability of 0.5

H(p) = 1/2log21/0.5 + 1/2log21/0.5 = 1

⇒ Capacity = 1 - 1 = 0