Hypothesis…part 1
nInternet Traffic Matrix Is inherently
unpredictable
nHow bad do users feel about unpredictable
call blocking?resource
reservation must FAIL (i.e. you must
have a non zero call blocking probability) or it is pointless. If it fails, you have to
look at user disatisfaction
with call blocking
nIf the user satisfaction with call blocking
is bad enough, you will lose
customers to someone else who
provisions. So the REAL argument is what are the relative costs of call blocking versus provisioning.