Estimation of peak load on trunked repeater systems
G.C. Hess · 1982
This paper discusses procedures for estimating the peak loads of trunked repeater systems. In addition to nominal peak load prediction, two aspects of overload are addressed: (1) system-to-system variation and (2) day-to-day variation. The procedures allow one to estimate the maximum communication load to be expected during a specified time interval for a specified fraction of trunked systems with equal mobile counts. One application of these procedures concerns the recent proposal of trunking at the 3 channel level. The results indicate that for most such systems to have viable grades-of-service, appreciably lower loading standards than exist today at the 5 channel level are necessary.