Abstract: This article reviews the BER requirements common to telecommunication and data communication protocols, provides an overview of the equipment used to test BER performance, and examines the trade-off of test time versus BER confidence level. The application note you have requested is available in Acrobat PDF format: APPLICATION NOTE 3419: HFTA-10.0: Physical Layer Performance: Testing the Bit Error Ratio (BER) (PDF, 51kB) A free Acrobat PDF reader is available from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html Automatic Updates Would you like to be automatically notified when new application notes are published in your areas of interest? Sign up for EE-Mail™. We Want Your Feedback!   Download, PDF Format (51kB)  AN3419, AN 3419, APP3419, Appnote3419, Appnote 3419