About Infrared Communication > Communication Method and Transfer Rate of Infrared Communications

In the IrDA infrared communication standard, a transfer rate is deferent related to the communication method. This transfer rate is regulated by a standard of IrDA communication physical layer.

Communication Method	Transfer Rate Bit/Sec (bps) (Byte/Sec)	Text Data 5000characters 10 bytes (in thousands)	Image Data 2M pixels 500 bytes (in thousands)	Audio Data Mp3/3min 30sec 3.5 bytes (in millions)
SIR	115k bps (10k byte/sec)	1Sec	48Sec	318Sec
MIR	1M bps (125k byte/sec)	0.08Sec	4Sec	28Sec
FIR	4M bps (500k byte/sec)	0.02Sec	1Sec	7Sec
VFIR	16M bps (2.0M byte/sec)	0.005Sec	0.25Sec	1.75Sec
UFIR	100M bps (12M byte/sec)	0.0001Sec	0.04Sec	0.03Sec

Communication Method	Transfer Rate Bit/Sec (bps) (Byte/Sec)	Text Data (Text) 5000 Characters 10 bytes (in thousands)	Image Data 2M pixel 500 bytes (in thousands)	Audio Data Mp3 3min 30Sec 3.5 bytes (in millions)
Bluetooth Version1.1	1M bps (about700k) (70k byte/sec)	0.15Sec	7.2Sec	50Sec
Bluetooth Version2.0+EDR	3Mbps (210k byte/sec)	0.05Sec	2.3Sec	16.7Sec