PHYSICAL LAYER AND TRANSMISSION MEDIA
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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Bits per second
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Bits per miliseconds
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Bytes per second
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Total no. of bytes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Typically, bandwidth is represented in the number of bits, kilobits, megabits or gigabits that can be transmitted in 1 second. Synonymous with capacity, bandwidth describes data transfer rate. Bandwidth is not a measure of network speed–a common misconception.
Detailed explanation-2: -In data communications, bits per second (bps or bit/sec) is a common measure of data speed for computer modems and transmission carriers. As the term implies, the speed in bps is equal to the number of bits transmitted or received each second.
Detailed explanation-3: -As to why we measure internet speed in bits even though the internet delivers bytes of data, it is because the internet delivers those bytes of data as single bits at a time.