Oracle® Communications EAGLE SIGTRAN User's Guide Release 46.6 E97352 Revision 1 |
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Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data that can pass through a network at any given time; it is the Advertised Capacity of a card.
Throughput is the amount of data that is actually transmitted in that given time. Throughput reflects an end-to-end rate, which is affected by various conditions during the transmission. Throughput is always lower than bandwidth.