56 kbps
<communications> (56 kilobits per second) The data capacity of a normal
single channel digital telephone channel in North America. The figure is derived
from the bandwidth of 4 kHz allocated for such a channel and the 16-bit encoding
(4000 times 16 = 64000) used to change analogue signals to digital, minus the
8000 bit/s used for signalling and supervision.
At the end of 1997 there were two rival modem designs capable of this rate:
k56flex and US Robotics' X2. In February 1998 the ITU proposed a 56kbps standard
called V.90, which is expected to be formally approved during September 1998.
(1998-09-15)
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