What is channel coding rate?
The channel-coding rate is defined as which can be interpreted as the number of information bits per coded channel symbol. Assuming lossless transmission of these equiprobable binary words, the OPTA inequality reads: (2.23)
How do you find the code rate?
The code rate is R = k/n. The Hamming distance d between two codewords is the number of positions by which they differ. For example, the codewords 110101 and 111001 have a distance of d = 2.