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Bandwidth Conversions

The document explains how to calculate bandwidth and data consumption rates. It provides formulas and examples for converting between kilobits, kilobytes, megabytes, and hours. It also gives examples of calculating bandwidth needed for audio streaming at different rates and for video streaming to multiple users.

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Bandwidth Conversions

The document explains how to calculate bandwidth and data consumption rates. It provides formulas and examples for converting between kilobits, kilobytes, megabytes, and hours. It also gives examples of calculating bandwidth needed for audio streaming at different rates and for video streaming to multiple users.

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Bandwidth conversions

How do I calculate bandwidth and gigabyte consumption?


 (Divide X 8) - First you must convert (divide) your desired stream rate [kilobits per second] by the
number 8 [kilobit to kilobyte conversion factor] to get the number of kilobytes per second.
 (X 60) - multiply your answer by 60 [seconds] to get the kilobytes per minute.
 (X 60) - Multiply this answer by 60 [minutes] to get kilobytes per hour.
 (Divide X 1024) - You then take your kilobytes per hour and divide by 1024 [kilobyte to megabyte
conversion rate] to calculate megabytes per hour.

Audio Scenario example: You intend to stream at 20kbps and want to calculate how many listening
hours one gigabyte would provide.

Audio Formula:

1. Part A: 20kbps / 8 conversion factor X 60 seconds X 60 minutes / 1000 kb = mb/hour


2. part B :1000 megabytes or (1GB) / mb/hour consumed = number of hours for 1 GB

Audio scenario calculation:

1. Part A: (20 / 8 = 2.5) (2.5 X 60 = 150) (150 X 60 = 9000) (9000 / 1000 = 9 mb/hour)
2. part B : (1 Gigabyte or 1000 megabytes / 9mb/hr = 111)

Answer: 1 GB of bandwidth would provide 111 audio listening hours if you streamed at 20kbps.

Video Scenario example: You intend to stream video at 300kbps and want to budget for 50 users each
watching for one hour each day of a 30 day month.

Video Formula:

1. Part A: 300kbps / 8 conversion factor X 60 seconds X 60 minutes / 1000 kb = mb/hour


2. Part B: mb/hour consumed X users X hours/day X days / 1000 megabytes = total GB's of bandwidth
consumed

Video scenario calculation:

1. Part A: (300 / 8 = 37.5) (37.5 X 60 = 2250) (2250 X 60 = 135000) (135000 / 1000 = 135 mb/hour)
2. Part B: (135 X 50 = 6750) (6750 X 1 = 6750) (6750 X 30 = 202500) (202500 / 1000 = 202.5)

Answer: Video streamed at 300kbps watched by 50 clients for one hour each day, for an entire month
would equal 202.5GB's of bandwidth.

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Example 1
You transfer 25 Mega Bytes (MB) of data in 2 minutes. What would be the rate of data transmission in
KB/s?

Solution

To get KB/s you must first convert Mega Bytes to Kilo Bytes:

Since a Mega byte is roughly 1000 Kilobytes we will multiply it by 1000. We get 25,000 Kilobytes.

Convert minutes into seconds:

Since a minute is 60 seconds we know that 2 minutes is 120 seconds (2x60=120).

Divide Kilo Bytes by Seconds to get the rate:

25,000/120=208.3. We'll round it too 210. So now we have a rate of 210 KB/s.

Example 2
If you have 15 mb of internet on your cell phone so how would you know that how many minutes are left?

Note: Your phone’s download speed is 256KBPS.

Solution

15MB = 15*1024 KB
(15*1024)/256 = 60 sec =1 min

Example 3
How much bandwidth does Skype use for a 15 minute conversation?

Solution

If you use it for 15 minute, for CALL, you are taking about 15 MB and for Video you are taking up 30 MB of
bandwidth.

Formula: {(number of kb per second needed by skype X seconds used) / 1024 to convert to Mb} / 8 to
convert to MB = Bandwidth used in 1 minute.

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1. If you are only using Voice call, Minimum is 30kbps, Means for 1 Min of CALL only, you will use:

30X60 Kb = 1800 kb = 1.76 Mb = 0.22 MB


However, if your line is good and skype use the recommended settings, then it is 100 kbps. So it will take
{(100 X 60)/1024}/8 = 0.74 MB

So, for 1 minute CALL only, you will take 0.3 to 0.8 MB of bandwidth.

2. Now If you are using video, using the same method:


Minimum is 128 kbps. So, {{128*60)/1024}/8=0.94 MB
Recommended is 300 kbps, So {(300*60)/1024}/8= 2.2 MB

So, for 1 minute of VIDEO CALL you will consume 1 MB to 2.2 MB of Bandwidth

Example 4
How many minutes will take to transmit 15 mb of data?

Note: Your phone’s download speed is 56bps.

Solution

One byte is 8 bits.

Your file is 15,000,000 bytes.

Multiply that by 8 to get the bits. That's 120,000,000 bits.

120,000,000/56,000/60(mins).

It would take 35 minutes.

/fawadakhtaransari 0332–3076658 0332–3076658

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