what is the relationship between the average data rate and the peak data rate?
4 replies. The average data rate is always less than or equal to the peak data rate. "The bit rate is quantified using the bits per second (bit/s) unit, often in conjunction with an SI prefix such as kilo- (kbit/s), mega- (Mbit/s), giga- (Gbit/s) or tera- (Tbit/s).