Activity Factor
l Wireless link is scarce resource, but is it well used by
user/browser?
l Activity Factor: percentage of time that channel is used to
transmit data
l Determination:
u How long is channel allocated to user
X Trivial for pure circuit-switched connection
X More complicated for CDMA, where channel is not always at full rate
u How much time is spent transferring user data
X assuming link bandwidth of 19.2 kbps
X data volume per session known from traces
l Activity factors differ for uplink and downlink, but are
constant for period studied
u Uplink: 11%
u Downlink: 30%