• Arrival Process for Class i is Poisson with rate λi i=1,….

,P

• Arrival Processes of different classes independent of each

other

• The overall arrival process will also be Poisson with rate λ

P
λ= ∑λ
i =1
i

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Service time for Class i has mean X i and second moment X i2

with pdf bi(t), cdf Bi(t) and L.T. of the pdf as Lbi(s)

Service times for the different classes assumed to be independent

of each other

Traffic of priority class i ρ i = λi X i i=1,…..,P

P
Total Traffic ρ = ∑ ρ i = λX
i =1

P
λi
where X= ∑λX
i =1
i is the mean overall service time

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