1.

Use the lost calls held trunking (also called the Molina lost calls held trunking)
to calculate the blocking probability (GoS) when the total offered traffic is 2
Erlangs and the number of available transmission channels in the network is 5.

A=2 and n=5

n1

P=1

x=0

A e
x!

P=1e2
x=0

2x
x!

P=1e

P=1e2

2 2 2 2 2
+ + + +
0! 1! 2 ! 3 ! 4 !

8 16
1+2+2+ +
6 24

P=10.9473

P=0.05265

2. Using lost calls cleared, draw two curves for GoS levels of 1% and 10%, interpreting GoS
as GoS = Pb (where Pb is the blocking probability). Use the vertical axis as the ratio A/N
from 1% to 100% and the horizontal axis as a number of circuits N from 1 to 20. What can
you say about network utilization when the number of circuits N is small? How does the
utilization of the circuits depend on the allowed probability of blocking? (channels =
circuits = trunks).

Using the erlang B table:

GoS = 1 %
A
A/N
0.01
0.01
0.15
0.08
0.45
0.15
0.86
0.22
1.36
0.27
1.90
0.32
2.50
0.36
3.12
0.39
3.78
0.42
4.46
0.45
5.15
0.47
5.87
0.49
6.60
0.51
7.35
0.53
8.10
0.54
8.87
0.55
9.65
0.57
10.43
0.58
11.23
0.59
12.03
0.60

N
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

GoS = 10%
A
A/N
0.11
0.11
0.59
0.30
1.27
0.42
2.04
0.51
2.88
0.58
3.75
0.63
4.66
0.67
5.59
0.70
6.54
0.73
7.51
0.75
8.48
0.77
9.47
0.79
10.46
0.80
11.47
0.82
12.48
0.83
13.50
0.84
14.52
0.85
15.54
0.86
16.57
0.87
17.61
0.88

Gos Plot
1.00
0.80
0.60
A/N

GoS 10%
GoS 1%

0.40
0.20
0.00
0

10

15

20

25

What can you say about network utilization when the number of circuits N is small

When number of circuits N is small the Network utilization is low, compared to

when N is big the Network utilization is high, (For varying traffic offered)

When the traffic to be carried is constant when the number of circuits N is small
the Network utilization is high and when the when the number of circuits N is big
the Network utilization is low.

How does the utilization of the circuits depend on the allowed probability of blocking?

The lower the allowed probability of blocking the lower the utilization of the
circuits and the higher allowed probability of blocking the higher the utilization of
the required the circuits.

3. Using lost calls cleared, what is the approximate capacity of a network (i.e., how many
channels are available) if there are 100 subscribers and each of whom generates offered
traffic of 40 mErlang (1mErlang=0.001 Erlang) when the probability of blocking is (a) 20%
and (b) 1%?(channels = circuits = trunks).

Total Traffic Offered = (40*0.001*100) Erlang

= 4 Erlang

(a) 20%
Using the ErlangB table below: No. of Channels- 5 Channels

(b) 1%
Using the ErlangB table below: No. of Channels-10 Channels

Erlang B (Blocked Calls Cleared)

No. of
Trunks

Traffic (A) in erlangs for P =

(N)

0.1%

0.2%

0.5%

1%

1.2%

1.3%

1.5%

2%

3%

5%

7%

10%

15%

20%

30%

40%

50
%

1
2
3
4
5

0.001
0.046
0.194
0.439
0.762

0.002
0.065
0.249
0.535
0.900

0.005
0.105
0.349
0.701
1.13

0.010
0.153
0.455
0.869
1.36

0.012
0.168
0.489
0.922
1.43

0.013
0.176
0.505
0.946
1.46

0.02
0.19
0.53
0.99
1.52

0.020
0.223
0.602
1.09
1.66

0.031
0.282
0.715
1.26
1.88

0.053
0.381
0.899
1.52
2.22

0.075
0.470
1.06
1.75
2.50

0.111
0.595
1.271
2.045
2.88

0.176
0.796
1.60
2.50
3.45

0.250
1.00
1.93
2.95
4.01

0.429
1.45
2.63
3.89
5.19

0.667
2.00
3.48
5.02
6.60

1.00
2.73
4.59
6.50
8.44

6
7
8
9
10

1.15
1.58
2.05
2.56
3.09

1.33
1.80
2.31
2.85
3.43

1.62
2.16
2.73
3.33
3.96

1.91
2.50
3.13
3.78
4.46

2.00
2.60
3.25
3.92
4.61

2.04
2.65
3.30
3.98
4.68

2.11
2.73
3.40
4.08
4.80

2.28
2.94
3.63
4.34
5.08

2.54
3.25
3.99
4.75
5.53

2.96
3.74
4.54
5.37
6.22

3.30
4.14
5.00
5.88
6.78

3.76
4.67
5.60
6.55
7.51

4.44
5.46
6.50
7.55
8.62

5.11
6.23
7.37
8.52
9.68

6.51
7.86
9.21
10.6
12.0

8.19
9.80
11.4
13.0
14.7

10.4
12.4
14.3
16.3
18.3

11
12
13
14
15

3.65
4.23
4.83
5.45
6.08

4.02
4.64
5.27
5.92
6.58

4.61
5.28
5.96
6.66
7.38

5.16
5.88
6.61
7.35
8.11

5.32
6.05
6.80
7.56
8.33

5.40
6.14
6.89
7.65
8.43

5.53
6.27
7.03
7.81
8.59

5.84
6.61
7.40
8.20
9.01

6.33
7.14
7.97
8.80
9.65

7.08
7.95
8.83
9.73
10.6

7.69
8.61
9.54
10.5
11.4

8.49
9.47
10.47
11.47
12.48

9.69
10.8
11.9
13.0
14.1

10.9
12.0
13.2
14.4
15.6

13.3
14.7
16.1
17.5
18.9

16.3
18.0
19.6
21.2
22.9

20.3
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24.2
26.2
28.2

16

6.72

7.26

8.10

8.88

9.11

9.21

9.83

10.5

11.5

12.4

13.50

15.2

16.8

20.3

24.5

30.2

17
18
19

7.38
8.05
8.72

7.95
8.64
9.35

8.83
9.58
10.3

9.65
10.4
11.2

9.89
10.7
11.5

10.0
10.8
11.6

10.7
11.5
12.3

11.4
12.2
13.1

12.5
13.4
14.3

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14.3
15.3

14.52
15.5
16.6

16.3
17.4
18.5

18.0
19.2
20.4

21.7
23.1
24.5

26.2
27.8
29.5

32.2
34.2
36.2

20

9.41

10.1

11.1

12.0

12.3

12.4

9.39
10.1
9
11.00
11.82
12.6
5

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17.6

19.6

21.6

25.9

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21

10.1

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14.9

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17.3

18.7

20.8

22.8

27.3

32.8

40.2

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10.8

11.5

12.6

13.7

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14.1

14.9

15.8

17.1

18.2

19.7

21.9

24.1

28.7

34.5

42.1

23

11.5

12.3

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14.8

14.9

15.8

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18.1

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20.7

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15.6

15.8

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17.6

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21.8

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31.6

37.8

46.1

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13.0

13.8

15.0

16.1

16.5

16.6

17.5

18.5

20.0

21.2

22.8

25.3

27.7

33.0

39.4

48.1

26

13.7

14.5

15.8

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17.5

18.4

19.4

20.9

22.2

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26.4

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34.4

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27

14.4

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16.6

17.8

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21.9

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35.8

42.8

52.1

28

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17.4

18.6

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22.9

24.2

26.0

28.7

31.4

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44.4

54.1

29

15.9

16.8

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19.5

19.9

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22.1

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29.9

32.6

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30

16.7

17.6

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20.7

20.9

21.9

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33.8

40.0

47.7

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31

17.4

18.4

19.9

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21.6

21.8

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25.8

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49.4

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20.7

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22.5

22.6

23.7

24.9

26.7

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34

19.0
19.7

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20.8

21.5
22.3

22.9
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27.7
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38.8

44.3
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52.7
54.4

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16.8
7
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22.9
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3
24.7

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20.5

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36

21.3

22.4

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37

22.1

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24.8

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26.8

27.0

38

22.9

24.0

25.7

27.3

27.7

27.9

39

23.7

24.8

26.5

28.1

28.6

28.8

40

24.4

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25.6
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48.6

57.7

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59.4

72.1

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43.7

51.4

61.0

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31.5

33.6

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62.7

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32.4

34.6

36.4

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64.4

78.1