Data transfer rate

 

name	remark	unit	layer	alias
Gross bit rate	physical layer gross bit rate	bit	physical	line rate
Information rate	physical layer net bit rate	bit	data link
Network throughput	digital bandwidth consumption	bit	network
Goodput	data transfer rate	byte	application

 

 

 

 

Ref: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_transfer_rate

http://blog.ioshints.info/2009/03/line-rate-and-bit-rate.html