13-1

traffic intensity

A

E

1

13-2

traffic offered intensity

A_o

E

1

13-3

traffic carried intensity

Y

E

1

13-4

mean queue length

L

1

1

13-5

loss probability

B

1

1

13-6

waiting probability

W

1

1

13-7

call intensity

λ

s⁻¹

T⁻¹

13-8

completed call intensity

μ

s⁻¹

T⁻¹

13-9

storage capacity

M

bit

1

13-10

equivalent binary storage capacity

M_e

bit

1

13-11

transfer rate

r

s⁻¹

T⁻¹

13-12

period of data elements

T

s

T

13-13

binary digit rate

r_bit

bit/s

T⁻¹

13-14

period of binary digits

T_bit

s

T

13-15

equivalent binary digit rate

r_e

bit/s

T⁻¹

13-16

modulation rate

r_m

Bd

T⁻¹

13-17

quantizing distortion

T_Q

W

M·L²·T⁻³

13-18

carrier power

P_c

W

M·L²·T⁻³

13-19

signal energy per binary digit

E_bit

J

M·L²·T⁻²

13-20

error probability

P

1

1

13-21

Hamming distance

d_n

1

1

13-22

clock frequency

f_cl

Hz

T⁻¹

13-23

decision content

D_a

1

1

13-24

information content

I(x)

Sh

1

13-25

entropy

H

Sh

1

13-26

maximum entropy

H_0

Sh

1

13-27

relative entropy

H_r

1

1

13-28

redundancy

R

Sh

1

13-29

relative redundancy

r

1

1

13-30

joint information content

I(x,y)

Sh

1

13-31

conditional information content

I(x|y)

Sh

1

13-32

conditional entropy

H(X|Y)

Sh

1

13-33

equivocation

H_x(X|Y)

Sh

1

13-34

irrelevance

H_y(Y|X)

Sh

1

13-35

transinformation content

T(x,y)

Sh

1

13-36

mean transinformation content

T

Sh

1

13-37

character mean entropy

H′

Sh

1

13-38

average information rate

H*

Sh/s

T⁻¹

13-39

character mean transinformation content

T′

Sh

1

13-40

average transinformation rate

T*

Sh/s

T⁻¹

13-41

channel capacity per character

C′

Sh

1

13-42

channel time capacity

C*

Sh/s

T⁻¹