Estimating Circuit Traffic
Average traffic:
- Estimate total characters transmitted per day per circuit
Peak traffic
- Estimate maximum number of characters transmitted per two second interval
Estimating Message volume
- Count messages in a current network and multiply it with a growth rate
- Use analyzers if an existing network
Precision not a major concern
- Stair step nature of communication circuit (lease another line, or upgrade to 100Base-T)
- Uncertainty to project future needs