Appel/dices 42/

A.J ERLANG B TABLE (FOR BLOCKED·CALLS·CLEARED)

A.3.J O\'erview of Basic Concepts

The Erlang 8 table is based o n Erlang's Loss Formula. also c alled Erlang 8 Fommla (8
for blocked). given by equation A. I . The fommla provides nn estimate of a c all blocking
probability. PH' used as a measure of grade of service (GoS) in te le phone systems whe n a
mean traffic load of A Erlangs is applied to a mmked system of C channels.

(A.I)

The IOlal applied traffic A in Erlnngs is AT where A is the arriva l rate in Cl/1Is/fIO/tr and T
is the m'('ragl' call duration o r call holding lime. Fo r instance. an emergency centre
receivingl50 call!;/hour (A). wilh an average call holding time T of 30 sec is handling a
load traffic 150 x 130 s/3600 sihour) = 1.25 Erlangs. While calculating the GoS is
straightforward from equation A.I. often. the exercise is to detcmline the other
paramctcr(s). i.e. offered traffic A and/or trunk size C. for a given value of GaS. A typical
problem could therefore be stated as: What trunk size would suppon a 1% GoS? The
example used III Section 1.21 illustrmes Ihis point. In this situation calculating for A or C
becomes cumbersome and the table of values as sho\\Tl o n the following pages will be
useful.

The reader should however be aware of the underlying assu mpti ons for this fommla . as
cnution should be exercised in its application for c apacity estimatio n:
• The call arri\'als A are assumed to be random and independent. For instance. the
Erlang B form ula could overestimate the capacity for systems with correlaled calls.
e.g. TETRA e mergenq' calls Ihut ensue an incident. as opposed to random calls.
• The number of traffic sources nre assumed sufficientl} l:trge compared 10 the number
of channels C. This conditio n is the basis for assuming 3 constanl arrival rate it
regardless of number of call requests. A finite number of call requests therefore lends
to provide a consen'ative estimate of the blocking probability.
The table on the following pages gives the offered traffic load A corresponding to call
blocking probability P B and number of c hannels C in the trunk. The actual carried load is
A.( I· PRJ which should always be less than C even if the offered load A > C. The truoking
efficiency. "Ill' is therefore given by the ratio of the actual traffic carried to the mink size.

".r I-P" J
•• C
(A2)

The mtio p = NC represents the offered traffic per channel and is known as the chal/lIl'f
oCl·"{J(lI/(T·
411 Digilal Mobi/~ Commulljcatio" s and the TETRA System

A.3.2 Erlang B Table

The table gives the offered traffic load A in Erlangs corresponding to the number of traffic
channels C in a trunk (column I ) and call blocking probability PB in percentage (top row).

Channels Blocking ProbabililY, PB

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l S I>

,
•S
0.01
0.1 I
OJS
0.70
0 .01
O. IS
0.46
0.B7
om
0.19
0""
0."
om
0.22
, .
0.03
0.25

,.,.".. ,."
0."'
1.111
0.Q3
0.28
0.12
1.26
0."
0 .38
0 .90
1.S2
0.47
U.
us
,.so
0 .11
0."'
1.27
2.05
0.18
0."
L",
,.so
0.2S
' 00
1.93
2.95
I,n 1.36 1.S2 ' .S8 2.22 ! .88 3AS 4.01

• 1.62 1.9 1 2.11 2.28 2.42 '-" 2.96 '.J<l 3.76 'M
S."
S. II
7

••
2. 16
2.73
2.50
3.U
1.74
l A.'"
.'" S.'" .,.
3. 10
l .82
3.2S
..s.n"
3.74 4.14
s.oo
4.67
S."' ..so
6.23
7.37

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J.63

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3.33 ) .78 4.34 4.75 S.S8 6.SS 1$S 8.52

.,.
) .96 4.46 4.81 S.l.! S.S3 6.11 6.78 7S 1 8.62

" 4.6 1
S.28
S.16
HB
S,.
6.29
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6.6 1 •."
6.10 ' .H
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B.61
8.49
9 .47 10.8
10.9
12.0
"03 S.96 6.6 1 7.I1S 7." 7.70
•..,
7m 8.&.1 ,OS 11 .9 D .l
6.66 7JS 7.82 • .20 832 9 .73 ,OS "S 13.0 14.4

"" 1.33 8. 11 B.61 9 .01 'JS ' .M 10.6 11.4 12.5 14.1 IS.6

,.,
..
11.10 8.118 9.04 1 9 .83 10.2 JO.S "S 12.4 03S is ..! 16.B
"" 8.8l 9.65 10.2 10.7 11 .0 11.4 11.5 13.4 16.3 18.0

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9.S8
10.)
104
11 .2 '"
11 .8
I I.~
12.3
11.9
12.7
12.2
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1).4
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14.3
15.3 ,
IS.S 17.4
18S
19.2
20.4
11.1 12.0 12.7 1}.2 1M .4.0 IS.! 16.3 17.6 19.6 2 1.6
11 .9 12.8 03 S 14.0 "S 14.9 16.2 "3 IB.7 22.8

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~. 8
12.6 n .7 14.3 14.9 IS.4 15.11 17.1 18.1 19.7 21.9 24. '
13 n .4 14.5 IS .2 IH 16.2 16.7 18.' 192 20.7 no 2S.l
14.2 1s.J 16.0 16.6 17. 1 17.6 19.0 20.2 11.8 24.2 26.S
"" IS.O 16.1 16.9 , 1$ IB.O ".S 20.0 21.2 22.8 2S_' 27.7

" IH
16.6
17.0
11.11
17.8
18.6
18.04
19.3
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19.8
19.4
2Q.l
20.9
2 1.9
22.1
23.2
2.1.9
24.9
26.4 28.9

"'" 17.04 18.6 ,OS 20.2 20.7 2 1.2 22.9 24 ..! 16.0
~7 .6
28.7
XI.2
3 1.4
" IB.2 19.5 "'., 21.0 11.6 21.' :!.3.8 25.2 27. 1 29.9 32.6
JO 19.0 20J 2 1.2 21.9 = 2..1 . 1 24.8 26.2 "., 11.0 3J.8

" 19.9
20.7
21.2
22.0
22.1
HO
22.8
2).7
23A
24.4
24.0
14.9
2H
26.7
27.2
28.2
29.2 32. '
n .3
35.1

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13 21.5 22 .9 23.9 24.6 2S.3 2H 27.7 ,OJ
JO. ~
3U "A
36'
J7S

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22.)
2J.2
23.11
24.6
24.11
2S.6
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16.2
27.1
16.11
27.7
18.7
29.7
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31.3
32,4
3JA
3M
36.7
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36 24.0 25.S 26.5 27.3 28.0 28.6 "'.7 32.3 34.5 37.9 4 1.2
J7 24.8 26.4 27.4 28.3 29.0 29.6 31.6 .n .J J5.6 )9.0 42.4
J8 2S.7 HJ 28.3 29.2
J<U
29.9 "'S
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"" 40.2 43.7

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26.S 28.1 29.2 JO.' )3.6 3H 37.7 41.3 44.9
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21.4
28.2
29.1
29.0
29.9
30.8
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l l .9
31.0
31.9
32.8
31.7

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32.7
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31.4

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3S.6
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37.4
42.5
43.6
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47.4

" 29.9
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31.7
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3 1.7
)2.5
33.4
32.8
33.7
34.6
m
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35.6
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36.'
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36.2
37.1
37.6
38.6
39.6 4U ..
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47.1
48.2
49.9
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34.2
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37.4
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 Appclldius ..J.23

Erlang B Table (continued fro m page 422)

Channels Blocking ProbabililY. p.

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40,1 4U 42. 1 41.9

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n.7 4 1.0 4 2.1 43.0 43.9 51.7 .56..1 6 1.0

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38.6 4 ~ .0 43.1 44.0 44.8 m
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52.8 ~7.5
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45,11
45.8
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53.9
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6J.S
,
"" 41.1 45.9 47.7 61.0 M.9
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41.~
42.1 44.2
.....
45.1 41.8 ""
57.1
'" 67.2

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47.8 '"
4Q.6 52.6 58.2 6n 68.,
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43.9 .... 0 49.7 50' 59. .1 64.5
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44.8 ,g., 49.6 50.' 5 1.6
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45.6 479 41i.4 50.' .0> 12. 1
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"" ~5 SO.3 51.6 5.1.5 56. 62.6 68.0 73.4
47.4
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57.6
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75,Q

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49.1 m ~5 ~ 59.6 M.' 1 1.4 n'
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53.4
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55.0
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57.4
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574

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61.6
626
6.'-1 66.'
68.0
12.6
73.8

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78 ..1
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6J.7 66.4

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5~.8 56' 58.1 59~1 60.3 70.1 76.1 8~.1
5.l.? 60.1 61.3 675 7U n.,l S.Ll
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711-1

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6.1.2 66.7
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60.0 6.1.2 64.1 67.7

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66.'
670
680
w.o
65 .2

67.2
68.0
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71.7
12.7
1.'.8
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75.6
76.7
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78.9
80.0
8 1.9
831
84~
85.1
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89.'
90.'
91.0
9.1.3

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66.1 61.7
.."'".• "" 7.l.& 76.11 8 1.1 81.7

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61.7 67.1 "'0 71.1 74 .8 78.0 82.2

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6.1.6 66 ..1 68.1 "'.9 12.1 75.8 "'.0 8JJ 90'
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67.2
68.2 7 1.6
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7!.1l
73.0
74.0
76.9
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91.~
91,4
911.1
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81.1

85 672 """'.0 7 1.0

7 1.9
12.5
7.1.5
7.l.8
74.8 ,
7S.0
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&.1.2
.6.6
87.7
9.16 100.7

M.' "'.• 12.11 ", 75.8 no "'.9 84..1 88-8

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10.1.1
"'0 7 1.9 73.& 15.4 76.8 ".0 &1.0 85 ..1 89.9 117. 1 lOB
n.8
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W.• 77.7 78.9 OJ.O 98.2 IOS.7
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75.1 nJ "0 81.4 91. 1 106.9
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73.7 19.'

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156
76.7
no
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19.' W .•
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85.0
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100.6
101.7
108.2
109 ..1

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7M 90' 110.7
", "'2 101.9
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81.6 &.1.9 88. ' 9 1.6 IOU 111 .9

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75.4 89.'

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76.3 19., 8 1.5 83. 1 917 08.' 106 .1 114 '*
77.1 SO,3 82,4 "., .., 85.5 86.8 11 1. 1 W., 107 ,6 I IS.7

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78.1
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86.1
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86.0
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112.2
113.2
94.1
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95.8
96.9
97,9
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100.8
101 .9
10.1,0
104.1
108.8
109,9
111.1
111. .1
116.9
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110.6