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Modulation rate

In telecommunication, the term modulation rate has the following meanings:

1. The rate at which a carrier is varied to represent the information in a digital signal.

Note: Modulation rate and information transfer rate are not necessarily the same.

2. For modulated digital signals, the reciprocal of the unit interval of the modulated signal, measured in seconds.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

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