Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305971776
Author: Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Channel bandwidth:

  • The rate at which data is exchanged normally measured in bits per second is called as channel bandwidth.
  • The broader the bandwidth, the more information can be exchanged at one time in the channel bandwidth.
  • It will directly affect the data rate by aggregating many channels.

 Channel bandwidth an important characteristic of communication channel:

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