A radio transmitter encodes speech using Huffman coding. If unpredictable channel noise corrupts encoded data, which consequence follows?

💡 Explanation

If channel noise corrupts data, entropy loss occurs because the received signal has lower predictability. Therefore, decoding quality degrades as the received information differs significantly from the original, rather than bandwidth decreasing or channel capacity reaching maximum levels.

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