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Re: Average rate of Exp On-Off source



> Hi,
> 
> If I have an Exponetial On-Off source with the following parameters, what
> is the average rate?
> 	packet size = 500 bytes
> 	burst time  = 500ms
> 	idle time   = 500ms
> 	peak rate   = 100kb/s
> 
> I did a few simple tests and calculated the average rate of such a source
> over 50s.  I got 30.4504kb/s consistently.  Shouldn't the average be about
> 50kb/s?
> 
Yes, the average should be 50kbps.  If you send me a tcl script, I'll 
take a look at it.

Lee