Appendix 1Erlang-B Table

Offered traffic A relative to the number of resources N and the loss probability B (%).

N/B 0.01% 0.05% 0.1% 0.5% 1.0% 2% 5% 10% 15% 20% 30% 40%
1 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.005 0.010 0.020 0.052 0.111 0.176 0.250 0.428 0.666
2 0.014 0.032 0.045 0.105 0.152 0.223 0.381 0.595 0.796 1.000 1.449 2.000
3 0.086 0.151 0.193 0.349 0.455 0.602 0.899 1.271 1.603 1.930 2.633 3.480
4 0.234 0.362 0.439 0.701 0.869 1.092 1.525 2.045 2.501 2.945 3.891 5.021
5 0.452 0.648 0.762 1.132 1.361 1.657 2.219 2.881 3.454 4.010 5.189 6.596
6 0.728 0.995 1.146 1.622 1.909 2.276 2.960 3.758 4.445 5.109 6.514 8.191
7 1.054 1.392 1.579 2.158 2.501 2.935 3.738 4.666 5.461 6.230 7.856 9.800
8 1.422 1.830 2.051 2.730 3.128 3.627 4.543 5.597 6.498 7.369 9.213 11.42
9 1.826 2.302 2.558 3.333 3.783 4.345 5.370 6.546 7.551 8.522 10.58 13.05
10 2.260 2.803 3.092 3.961 4.461 5.084 6.216 7.511 8.616 9.685 11.95 14.68
11 2.722 3.329 3.651 4.610 5.160 5.842 7.076 8.487 9.691 10.86 13.33 16.31
12 3.207 3.878 4.231 5.279 5.876 6.615 7.950 9.474 10.78 12.04 14.72 17.95
13 3.713 4.447 4.831 5.964 6.607 7.402 8.835 10.47 11.87 13.22 16.11 19.60
14 4.239 5.032 5.446 6.663 7.352 8.200 9.730 11.47 12.97 14.41 17.50 21.24
15 4.781 5.634 6.077 7.376 8.108 9.010 10.63 12.48 14.07 15.61 18.90 22.89
16 5.339 6.250 6.722 8.100 8.875 9.828 11.54 13.50 15.18 16.81 20.30 24.54
17 5.911 6.878 7.378 8.834 9.652 10.66 12.46 14.52 16.29 18.01 21.70 26.19
18 6.496 7.519 8.046 9.578 ...

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