Passes the binary input sequence $x$ through a binary erasure channel (BEC).

Parameters:¶

x: ArrayLike¶

The input sequence $x$ with $x_i\in \{0,1\}$.

p: float¶

The probability $p$ of a bit erasure.

seed: int | None = None¶

The seed for the random number generator. This is passed to numpy.random.default_rng().

Returns:¶

The output sequence $y$ with $y_i\in \{0,1,e\}$. Erasures $e$ are represented by -1.

Examples¶

When 20 bits are passed through a BEC with erasure probability $p=0.25$, roughly 5 bits are erased at the output.

In [1]: x = np.random.randint(0, 2, 20); x
Out[1]: array([0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1])

In [2]: y = sdr.bec(x, 0.25); y
Out[2]: 
array([ 0, -1,  1,  0,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, -1,  1, -1, -1,  1,  0, -1, -1,
        0,  0,  1])

In [3]: x == y
Out[3]: 
array([ True, False,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,
       False,  True, False, False,  True,  True, False, False,  True,
        True,  True])