Mbps is the unit of one megabit per second.
Mbps o Mbit/s es una initials que fue desarrollada para identificar a la unit of one megabit per second, la cual se emplea para cuantificar un data flow que equivale a 1,000 kilobits per second o 1,000,000 bits per second.
It is important to note that this magnitude does not constitute a speed, since the speed at which data is transmitted has nothing to do with the rate or flow of information. For example, a radio signal is capable of propagating information always at the speed of light, regardless of whether it transmits a flow of 1 kb/s or 1 Mb/s .
Mbps in video and audio
This data rate is typically used in video applications: 32 kbps (videophone quality), 2 Mbps (VHS quality), 8 Mbps (DVD quality) or 55 Mbps (HDTV quality), for example.
In audio applications, the Red Book compact disc standard generates an uncompressed net data transfer of 1.41 Mbps . The raw flow, which provides sufficient tools to detect and correct errors and provides complementary information as a control, is 1.94 Mbps .
Erroneously or to carry out misleading advertising, it is called "mega", to generate confusion about its true value; because the storage unit called mega is the Mega Byte (MB), which is equivalent to 1024 kilobytes.
Although the acronym is usually associated with speed, Mbps refers specifically to the flow of information.
Calculation of information flow
To clarify concepts, it is interesting to mention that 100 Mbps is equivalent to 100 megabits (speed per second). This means that when an Internet advertisement assures you that they offer you 100 "megabytes", you can count on 100 Mbps; which would be a fairly good speed, since what is considered an acceptable speed is 10 Mbps.
To calculate the number of Kbytes from a number in bits, divide that number by 8192 . This allows us to affirm that the difference between Mbps ( megabit per second ) and MBps ( megabyte per second ) is in the transmission rate. MBps is eight times greater than that attributed to Mbps ( 1 megabyte/s = 8 megabit/s ).
In any case, when a provider claims that it can offer you 100 "megabytes" it refers (in most cases) to the maximum speed that you can achieve with its service, in terms of data transfer from your network card to the network, it is a speed that is not very stable and that you will only be able to verify if you analyze the Internet service you have daily. It should also be noted that so far home Internet connections do not exceed 20 Mbps speed.
Confusion between Mbps and Mibitps
One confusion to avoid is between one megabit per second ( Mbps ) and one mebibit per second ( Mibitps ). The equivalence between both information rates is the following: 1,000,000 bits per second is equivalent to one Mbps , while 1,048,576 bits per second is equivalent to one Mibitps .
Finally, to continue with the definition of "mega", we must mention, in case it has not been clear enough that a speed of 8 bits would be the same as a speed of 1 byte , therefore if you read 3 bytes you should multiply that number by 8 to find out how many bits it equals. (32Mbps)
To close, we clarify that 1 baud is the ability of a modem to convert analog information into digital data and one baud unit is equivalent to one bit (1 baud = bps) and 1024 baud units are equal to 1 Kilobyte (1024 baud = 1kbps).
It is also important to mention that the transmission interfaces between the various elements of a computer equipment are usually measured in Mbps: PATA 33-133 Mbps , SATA 150-300 Mbps , PCI 133-533 Mbps , etc.