erlang

专有名词

A noun referring to the unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system, used to measure the load on telecommunication networks.

• 🇨🇳表示电话系统中话务强度单位的专有名词，用于衡量电信网络的负荷。

1. Unit of telecommunications traffic C1 formal technical

   A dimensionless unit used in telecommunications to measure the total traffic volume on a circuit or system for one hour, representing continuous use of one voice path.

   • A single telephone line carrying one hour of conversation in one hour equals one Erlang.
   • The network was designed to handle a traffic load of 10 Erlangs during peak hours.
   • Engineers use the Erlang B formula to calculate the number of circuits needed for a given traffic intensity.
   • If a trunk carries calls for 30 minutes out of an hour, its traffic intensity is 0.5 Erlang.

   🇨🇳电信话务量单位