Channel Model
The Gilbert–Elliott model is a simple channel model introduced by Edgar Gilbert and E. O. Elliott widely used for describing burst error patterns in transmission channels, that enables simulations of the digital error performance of communications links. It is based on a Markov chain with two states G (for good or gap) and B (for bad or burst). In state G the probability of transmitting a bit correctly is k and in state B it is h. Usually, it is assumed that k = 1 and Gilbert also assumed that h = 0.5.
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