Instructions For Using This Tool

You can enter data of as many as 10 agencies. The data you need to know before starting this calculator:

  1. Radios that are owned by the agency
  2. Percentage of radios used out of the total
  3. PTT per radio (optional), otherwise default value of 6 is used
  4. PTT duration (optional), otherwise default value of 5 is used
  5. Hang time (optional), otherwise, 0.2 seconds is used as the default
  6. Queue time (Time waiting before talk permit tone), otherwise 1 is used as the default
  7. Grade of service (GoS) percentage, otherwise 1 percent is the default value.
  8. Number of radios per FDMA frequency (it can range from 377-385)
  9. Number of radios per TDMA frequency (it can range from 647-714)

TRUNKING SYSTEM CHANNEL LOADING CALCULATOR

You can select a number of agencies up to 10.

1

Agency 1

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 2

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 3

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 4

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 5

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 6

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 7

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 8

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 9

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Agency 10

%
PTT (Push-to-talks)
Sec.
Sec.

Performance Objectives

Sec.
Busy Queue waiting time
%
GoS-Grade of Service

Traffic Characteristics

It can range from 377-385
It can range from 647-714
Erlangs
Sec.

GCS Out!