• DocumentCode
    768606
  • Title

    An Anomaly of O´Dell´s Formula

  • Author

    de Boer, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Philips´´ Telecommunicatie Industrie B.V., The Netherlands
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    7/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1720
  • Lastpage
    1721
  • Abstract
    In telephone traffic theory O´Dell´s formula gives the traffic capacity of a group of lines with limited availability at a prescribed loss probability. In some cases an anomaly is observed: a decrease of traffic when the availability is increased. The practical significance of this anomaly is too small to preclude the use of O´Dell´s formula for this reason.
  • Keywords
    telephone lines; telephone traffic; O´Dell´s formula; lines; loss probability; telephone traffic; Capacity planning; Communication industry; Communication switching; Communications Society; Poisson equations; Sufficient conditions; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1982.1095644
  • Filename
    1095644