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Chapter 4Simulation and analytical modelling pTable 4.1 – Symbols and abbreviations.Symbol Description Value or range if applicableλ Packet arrival rate in Pk/s (also referred to as offered load in kbps)µ Average number of packets transmitted per second -XMean packet service time -ρ Utilisation factor -X idle Service time when the system is idle -X busy Service time when the system is busy -2σXVariance of the mean service time 0L Mean number of packets in the system (including the packet in service) -Pk size Length of the packet to be transmitted in bytes [64 –1518]Pk slot Number of slots required to transmit a packet -Pk mci Number of MCI frames required to transmit a data packetAAL5 header Protocol overhead added because of the ATM-AAL5 encapsulation 8 bytesAAL5 PDU Length of the ATM-AAL5 Packet Data Unit 48 bytesWDMean average waiting time -Mean access end-to-end delay from the NIU to the HE -eteMCI pk Number of MCI frames required to transmit a packet -MCI max_slots Maximum number of slots described in each MCI frame 9 slotsMCI CSs Minimum number of contention slots described per MCI frame 1 slotMCI t MAC Control Information interval 0.750 msD prop Propagation delay from the NIU to the HE 0.051 msD sl_tx Slot transmission delay 0.083 msCC Upstream channel capacity in Mbps 6.176P 0P 1TTTLippbbcbcD lahD tx_MPEGD interleaveD IU_procDS_sizeProbability that the system is in an idle stateProbability that the system is in a busy stateAverage time of the idle periodAverage time of the busy periodAverage time of the busy cycleAverage packets in queue per busy cycleScheduler look-ahead delayDownstream transmission delay of an MPEG2 TS frameDelay incurred to enable the correction of burst noise induced errors.NIU processing delayTotal size of the MPEG2 TS frame to be transmitted downstream includingFEC information.204 bytesD ws_bit_rate Downstream data rate 42 MbpsL xSS max_large_packetsS max_exp_backoffS max_split_treeAverage number of packets served per secondThroughputMaximum system throughput for large packet sizesMax. throughput for different packet sizes using the exp. backoff algorithmMax. throughput for different packet sizes using the splitting tree algorithm4-18

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