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Q#1 Information Theory and Error Control coding GATE EC 2025 NAT +2 marks -0 marks

 and  are Bernoulli random variables taking values in . The joint probability mass function of the random variables is given by:

 

 

 

 

The mutual information  is _________ (rounded off to two decimal places).

Explanation:

The mutual information I  between two random variables  and  is defined as:

 

where  Joint Probability Mass function: of X and Y.

, Marginal Probability of  

 Marginal Probability of

Given:

 

 

 

Marginal Probabilities  and  :

The marginal probability of  and  :

 

 

 

 

The marginal probability of  and  :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= 0+0+0+0

= 0

Alternate Solution:

 are Bernauli Random variables,

they are independent.

Thus,

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