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Hi,

I have some statistics I have been gathering from one of my packet
switch nodes within my company's private X.25 network.  I have been
monitoring the incoming and outgoing bit/sec data rates between
Richardson Texas and Stockholm Sweden.

We have a full duplex communications link capable of 112
kilobits/sec of data throughput.  We have recently gotten into a
quarrel over what the utilization of the link is.  

Here is the scenario.  My statistics tell me that I have the
following:

40,000 bits/sec input data rate
60,000 bits/sec output data rate

I think that the utilization of our line during this time (expressed
as a percentage) is ((40,000 + 60,000)/112000) * 100%

while some others here think that the utilization of our line
(expressed as a percentage) is gotten by taking the higher of the
two data rate figures and dividing that by the maximum data rate, or
(60,000/112000)*100%.

Does anyone have any input on which is the right way to express the
utilization of our link?  Any input would be appreciated.

Blake Holman
Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
Richardson, Texas
(214) 997-6784