Camera Link is a serial communication standard. It has three main configurations: Base, medium and full.

Base Configuration

This configuration requires one cable and has a data throughput of 2.04 GBit/s.

Medium Configuration

This configuration requires two cables and it can transfer twice as much data as the base configuration. The maximum data throughput of this configuration is 4.08 GBit/s.

Full Configuation

This configuration also requires two cables and it has a maximum data throughput of 5.44 GBit/s.