EBRCS Capacity

Phil Wenstrand
Jeff Van Dell
Outline
Historical North-West Cell Site Utilization
Historical North-West Cell Site Busies
Historical Site Hourly Utilization Weekday
and Weekend
Specific Site Statistics for 10/25/13, 10/26/13,
12/31/13, 1/1/14, 2/14/14
March 2014 North-West Cell Capacity Analysis
Traffic Projections and Next Steps


2
North-West Cell Average Hourly
Site Utilization over 6 Months
3
North-West Cell Max Hourly
Site Utilization over 6 Months
4
North-West Cell Radio Busies
Over 6 Months
5
Site Utilization
Hourly Summary - Weekday
6
Site Utilization
Hourly Summary - Weekend
7
Site Utilization
October, 25 2013
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
8
Affiliation and Call Counts
October, 25 2013
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Affiliation Count
Group Calls
9
Top 10 TGs (By Call Count)
October, 25 2013
Talkgroup Call Count
ACSO1 2,248
APD 1 1,469
UCBPD 1 1,189
ACSO2 1,103
BPD 1 1,015
GDDFMAIN 994
SLPD 1 986
ABPD1 797
EPD 1 771
EB LAW1 541
Other (53 TGs)
3,828
TOTAL
14,941
ACSO1
15%
APD 1
10%
UCBPD 1
8%
ACSO2
7%
BPD 1
7%
GDDFMAIN
7%
SLPD 1
6%
ABPD1
5%
EPD 1
5%
EB LAW1
4%
Other
26%
10
Top 10 TGs (By Call Seconds)
October, 25 2013
ACSO1
17%
APD 1
9%
ACSO2
8%
UCBPD 1
7%
SLPD 1
7%
BPD 1
7%
ABPD1
5%
EPD 1
5%
GDDFMAIN
5%
EB LAW1
4%
Other
26%
Talkgroup Total Call
Duration
ACSO1 27,904
APD 1 14,606
ACSO2 12,650
UCBPD 1 12,207
SLPD 1 12,076
BPD 1 12,054
ABPD1 9,101
EPD 1 8,510
GDDFMAIN 7,945
EB LAW1 7,507
Other (53 TGs)

43,155
Total
210,870
11
Site Utilization
October, 26 2013
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
12
Affiliation and Call Counts
October, 26 2013
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Affiliation Count
Group Calls
13
Top 10 TGs (By Call Count)
October, 26 2013
Talkgroup Call Count
ACSO1 1,828
EB INT 1 1,429
APD 1 1,297
BPD 1 1,184
SLPD 1 1,123
EPD 1 1,008
ACSO2 997
GDDFMAIN 992
UCBPD 1 901
ABPD1 617
Other (41 TGs)
3,154
Total
14,530
ACSO1
12%
EB INT 1
10%
APD 1
9%
BPD 1
8%
SLPD 1
8%
EPD 1
7%
ACSO2
7%
GDDFMAIN
7%
UCBPD 1
6%
ABPD1
4%
Other
22%
14
Top 10 TGs (By Call Seconds)
October, 26 2013
ACSO1
15%
BPD 1
9%
SLPD 1
9%
APD 1
8%
EB INT 1
7%
ACSO2
7%
EPD 1
7%
UCBPD 1
6%
GDDFMAIN
5%
ABPD1
4%
Other
23%
Talkgroup Total Call
Duration
ACSO1 22,719
BPD 1 14,040
SLPD 1 13,183
APD 1 12,204
EB INT 1 11,429
ACSO2 11,424
EPD 1 10,544
UCBPD 1 9,059
GDDFMAIN 7,921
ABPD1 6,856
Other (41 TGs)
36,083
Total
155,462
15
Site Utilization
December, 31 2013
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
16
Affiliation and Call Counts
December, 31 2013
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Affiliation Count
Group Calls
17
Top 10 TGs (By Call Count)
December, 31 2013
Talkgroup Call Count
CMED 2,311
ACSO1 1,349
SLPD 1 1,275
XAL DISP 3 1,087
APD 1 1,015
ACSO2 955
BPD 1 888
EPD 1 876
XAL DISP 2 873
XAL DISP 1 818
Other (53 TGs)
4,359
Total
15,806
CMED
15% ACSO1
8%
SLPD 1
8%
XAL DISP 3
7%
APD 1
6%
ACSO2
6%
BPD 1
6%
EPD 1
6%
XAL DISP 2
5%
XAL
DISP 1
5%
Other
28%
18
Top 10 TGs (By Call Seconds)
December, 31 2013
CMED
15%
ACSO1
9%
SLPD 1
8%
BPD 1
6%
ACSO2
6%
APD 1
6%
EPD 1
6%
XAL DISP 2
6%
XAL DISP 3
5%
XAL
DISP 1
5%
Other
28%
Talkgroup Total Call
Duration
CMED 25,245
ACSO1 16,574
SLPD 1 14,262
BPD 1 11,325
ACSO2 10,552
APD 1 9,954
EPD 1 9,775
XAL DISP 2 9,725
XAL DISP 3 9,286
XAL DISP 1 8,026
Other (53 TGs)
48,601
Total
173,325
19
Site Utilization
January, 1 2014
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
20
Affiliation and Call Counts
January, 1 2014
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Affiliation Count
Group Calls
21
Top 10 TGs (By Call Count)
January, 1 2014
CMED
16%
XAL DISP 3
9%
ACSO1
8%
SLPD 1
7%
BPD 1
7%
EPD 1
7%
APD 1
6%
ACSO2
6%
XAL DISP 2
6%
XAL
DISP 1
4%
Other
24%
Talkgroup Call Count
CMED 2,500
XAL DISP 3 1,448
ACSO1 1,268
SLPD 1 1,204
BPD 1 1,146
EPD 1 1,047
APD 1 1,024
ACSO2 989
XAL DISP 2 966
XAL DISP 1 709
Other (46 TGs)
3,848
Total
16,149
22
Top 10 TGs (By Call Seconds)
January, 1 2014
CMED
15%
ACSO1
9%
SLPD 1
8%
BPD 1
8%
XAL DISP 3
7%
EPD 1
7%
ACSO2
6%
APD 1
6%
XAL DISP 2
6%
XAL
DISP 1
4%
Other
24%
Talkgroup Total Call
Duration
CMED 27,261
ACSO1 15,269
SLPD 1 14,217
BPD 1 13,698
XAL DISP 3 13,132
EPD 1 11,613
ACSO2 11,165
APD 1 11,109
XAL DISP 2 9,726
XAL DISP 1 7,002
Other (46 TGs)
42,043
Total
176,235
23
Site Utilization
February, 14 2014
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
24
Affiliation and Call Counts
February, 14 2014
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Affiliation Count
Group Calls
25
Top 10 TGs (By Call Count)
February, 14 2014
Talkgroup Call Count
CMED 2,208
ACSO1 1,844
ACSO2 1,359
APD 1 1,346
XAL DISP 3 1,136
UCBPD 1 1,073
BPD 1 1,030
GDDFMAIN 968
XAL DISP 2 914
EPD 1 846
Other (59 TGs)
6,303
Total
19,027
CMED
12%
ACSO1
10%
ACSO2
7%
APD 1
7%
XAL DISP 3
6%
UCBPD 1
6%
BPD 1
5%
GDDFMAIN
5%
XAL DISP 2
5%
EPD 1
4%
Other
33%
26
Top 10 TGs (By Call Seconds)
February, 14 2014
Talkgroup Total Call
Duration
ACSO1 23,561
CMED 21,004
ACSO2 15,168
APD 1 14,110
BPD 1 13,363
XAL DISP 3 11,107
UCBPD 1 10,919
EPD 1 9,778
XAL DISP 2 9,484
SLPD 1 8,799
Other (59 TGs) 71,178
Total
208,471
ACSO1
11%
CMED
10%
ACSO2
7%
APD 1
7%
BPD 1
7%
XAL DISP 3
5%
UCBPD 1
5%
EPD 1
5%
XAL DISP 2
5%
SLPD 1
4%
Other
34%
27
Busy Hour TG Load Profile
Talkgroup Msg Length (sec) Arrival Rate (call/unit/hr)
CMED 7 4.1
ACSO1 8.2 4.3
ACSO2 7.6 3.6
BPD1 8.9 3.7
APD1 6.6 2.8
XAL DISP3 7.7 3.7
UC4.BPD 1 6.9 4.9
XAL DISP 2 7.2 3.4
EPD 1 8.2 4.6
SLPD 1 7.6 3.1
28
Capacity Analysis
Based on Recent ATIA data from 3/16/14
3/21/14
Determined System Busy hour
Calculate North-West Cell load during busy
hour
Projections for adding users to North-West
Cell
29
Erlang Definition
An Erlang is a unit of telecommunications traffic measurement. Strictly
speaking, an Erlang represents the continuous use of one voice path. In
practice, it is used to describe the total traffic volume of one hour.

Example Calculation of Erlangs for Phone System
If a group of users made 30 calls in one hour, and each call had an average call
duration of 5 minutes, then the number of Erlangs this represents is
worked out as follows:



= 30 calls x (5 minutes)(60 seconds/min) = 2.5 Erlangs
3600 seconds


Seconds Available Total
Duration Call Average Calls of
Seconds Available Total
Seconds Usage Total
Erlangs


#
30
Erlang Definition - Trunking

3600
. Duration Call Avg Rate Call Unit Talkgroup in Units Active
Erlangs

Example Calculation of Erlangs for Trunking Talkgroup

Example Talkgroup with 300 active Units with call rate of 3.4 (calls per active
unit per hour) with average call duration of 7.2

= 300 Active Units x 3.4 call rate x 7.2 seconds = 2.04 Erlangs
3600 seconds



31
Grade of Service (GoS)
Definition

Grade of Service (GoS): the probability that an
arriving call will be queued, or busied.

EBRCS is designed to have a GoS of 1% or less
for radio users.
32
North-West Cell (ERLANGs)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
11:50am Site Busy Hour
33
North-West Cell Load (ERLANGs)
Data averaged over a 24 hour period
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
0:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
3.05 ERLANGs during busy hour
34
Traffic Projections
Traffic Oakland
Load
(ERLANGs)
EBRCS
Current
Load
(ERLANGs)
Total Load
(ERLANGs)
#
channels
Calculated
GOS (%)
Current North-
West Cell Time
Consistent Busy
Hour Load
0 3.0471

3.0471

16 0.0

City of Oakland
Traffic assuming
100% of current
load
3.0471 3.0471

6.0942 16 0.17
City of Oakland
Traffic assuming
141% of current
load
4.3029 3.0471

7.35 16 1.0
* # Channels includes the control channel - subtract 1 for talkpaths
35
Oakland Traffic Estimates
Projecting EBRCS Load on Oakland System
Traffic EBRCS Load
(ERLANGs)
# channels Calculated GOS
(%)
Current North-West Cell
Time Consistent Busy Hour
Load
3.0471

16 0.0

100% of current EBRCS load 3.0471

10 0.45
114% of current EBRCS load 3.46

10

1.0
* # Channels includes the control channel - subtract 1 for talkpaths
36
Next Steps
More accurate traffic projections would
require talkgroup load profile data from City
of Oakland based on measured system
statistics.
Talkgroup load profile during the busy hour
(for each talkgroup)
Average call duration
Arrival Rate (calls/unit/hour)
Number of active units
37
Questions?
38