Bit/Baud Rate (1 Viewer)

[rama_v]

Can anyone please explain to me the difference between bit rate and baud rate? I heard that baud rate has something to do with the maximum amount of signal changes per second...but I am not realy sure. Any answers?

 

[fatmuscle]

http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,,sid63_gci974686,00.html


Try to google stuff.

If you're having trouble with some terminology, try these two sites:


www.whatis.com
www.webopedia.com


hope that helps

 

[rama_v]

Thanks Heaps

 

[Trev]

from Heinmann:
Bit Rate: (or bits per second, BPS); A unit of measurement for the speed of data transfer. It is the number of bits that can be transmitted in one second.
Baud Rate: The maximum number of data symbols or electrical signals that can be transmitted in one second.

 

[Jait]

The BOS is primarily concerned that you understand the last paragraph in that tech post. That is they want you to realise that it is possible to send more than 1 bit in each signal change.

If you do send 4 bits in each signal change the BPS will be 4x the baud rate.

BPS= Bits per signal change X baud rate

Only when the Bits per signal change is equal to 1 will BPS and Baud rate be the same. Certainly dont write in the exam that BPS = baud rate.

 

[sNiPeR_24]

Yeah as the others have said, if you remember the basic definition of the two - that bits per second is self-explanatory and baud rate is the number of symbols sent per second - you should be right.

It'll probably only appear as a multiple choice question or something, which requires only basic knowledge.

 

[Trev]

Yeah as the others have said, if you remember the basic definition of the two - that bits per second is self-explanatory and baud rate is the number of symbols sent per second - you should be right.

It'll probably only appear as a multiple choice question or something, which requires only basic knowledge.

sprung, getting ur post count up i see

 

[sNiPeR_24]

sprung, getting ur post count up i see

Hahaha, kinda. But I'm helping out other people in the process.

If you do send 4 bits in each signal change the BPS will be 4x the baud rate.

BPS= Bits per signal change X baud rate

Only when the Bits per signal change is equal to 1 will BPS and Baud rate be the same. Certainly dont write in the exam that BPS = baud rate.

For a HSC student, this level of in-depth knowledge would never be examined, that'd be more like a university assessment.