Erlang-B

ERLANG-B BLOCKING FACTOR (GRADE OF SERVICE) CALCULATOR

Offered traffic (erlangs)

E=

68.0

Number of trunks

N=

25

Blocking Factor

B=

64.0%

Target Blocking Factor value B>=

1.0%

No. of Trunks to achieve goal =

83

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Trunk utilization with N = 25 is

97.8%

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Instructions
1. Enter values only in the three yellow
cells.
2. The value of N must be an integer.

Trunk utilization with N = 83 is

81.1%

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3. This calculator does not support

values of E or N greater than 600.
4. The Target Blocking Factor value must
be >0% and <100%.