Announcement resource calculation

For each network region, perform the following procedure.

Step 8. Announcement calculation

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1. Estimate the total carried load on the resource. To this end, sum over all announcement types the following:

(Busy Hour Number of announcements) x (Average Announcement Time, in seconds) / 3600

2. Calculate the number of ports required to provide Grade of Service using the carried load from the step above.
3. Calculate the number of G700s required to provide Grade of Service. There are 16 ports per G700.

Number of G700 Media Gateways required = Ports Required / 16 (rounded up).

4. Compare this result with the G700 Media Gateway number from Step 5 or Step 6.

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Note: The G700s administered for announcements count against the total system limits for announcement resources.