What is the highest possible frequency that can be used over a standard voice connection?
A.
4 Khz
B.
20 Khz
C.
8 Khz
D.
It varies depending on the compression used
Explanation:
A more common understanding of how the rate of 1.544 Mbit/s was achieved is as follows. (This explanation glosses over T1 voice communications, and deals mainly with the numbers involved.) Given that the highest frequency at which voice communications occurs is at 4000 Hz, one needs, when converting analog voice to digital data, at least double that frequency for the sample rate. This yields the number 8000. Since each T1 frame contains 1 byte of voice data for each of the 24 channels, that system needs then 8000 frames per second to maintain those 24 simultaneous voice channels. Since each frame of a T1 is 193 bits in length (24 channels X 8 bits per channel + 1 control bit = 193 bits), 8000 frames per second is multiplied by 193 bits to yield a transfer rate of 1.544 Mbit/s (8000 X 193 = 1544000).