AQA A’Level SLR20 Bit rate, baud rate, bandwidth and latency


About this video

AQA Specification Reference
AS Level 3.9.1.2
A Level 4.9.1.2

In this video we discuss some of the basic terminology surrounding data transmission, including: Baud rate, Bitrate, Bandwidth, Latency and Protocol.

Key questions:

- What is a protocol?
- What do we mean by latency?
- What is the relationship between bitrate, baud rate and bandwidth?

00:00 Bit rate, baud rate, bandwidth and latency
00:12 Intro
00:17 Data transmission terms
00:42 Latency
01:17 Protocol
01:50 Bitrate and baud rate
03:12 Bandwidth
03:41 Key questions
03:56 Outro

Last updated: 18.06.25