Ensuring the health and safety of our colleagues, guests, and employees is our highest priority. Due to new recommendations the UNH-IOL will now be limiting the number of personnel in our facility.
All testing and services provided to our customers will continue, however there will be delays in our typical turnaround time due to a reduced workforce.
Additionally in response to COVID-19, effective Monday, March 16, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) will be implementing a No-Visitor Policy until further notice. Visit our News section for the latest announcements.
The purpose of this article is to discuss the concept of Bit Error Ratio testing, and will explain, using a minimum amount of math, the answer to the fairly common question: "How many bits do I need to send in order to verify that a devices exceeds a given BER?"