Which unit represents bursts per second?

Which unit represents bursts per second?

• A. cps (cycles per second)
• B. pps (pulses per second)
• C. Hz (hertz)
• D. bps (bursts per second)

Answer: (D)

The key idea is that different waveform structures are counted in different ways per second. Bursts per second measures how many complete bursts occur each second, not the number of cycles inside a burst or the number of separate pulses. The unit that directly represents this rate is bursts per second, abbreviated as bps. This is distinct from cycles per second (cps) or Hertz (Hz), which describe the frequency of a repeating cycle, and from pulses per second (pps), which counts each individual pulse. For example, if there are three bursts each second and each burst contains two pulses, you have 3 bursts per second (bps) but 6 pulses per second (pps).

The key idea is that different waveform structures are counted in different ways per second. Bursts per second measures how many complete bursts occur each second, not the number of cycles inside a burst or the number of separate pulses. The unit that directly represents this rate is bursts per second, abbreviated as bps. This is distinct from cycles per second (cps) or Hertz (Hz), which describe the frequency of a repeating cycle, and from pulses per second (pps), which counts each individual pulse. For example, if there are three bursts each second and each burst contains two pulses, you have 3 bursts per second (bps) but 6 pulses per second (pps).