Queueing delay (revisited)

• R=link bandwidth (bps)

• L=packet length (bits)

• a=average packet arrival rate

traffic intensity = La/R

• La/R ~ 0: average queueing delay small

• La/R -> 1: delays become large

• La/R > 1: more “work” arriving than can be serviced, average delay infinite!

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