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CCW Digital Glossary: Busy Hour

It is defined as the two consecutive half-hour periods of a day in which the largest number of calls/contacts are offered. In a communications system, busy hour is the sliding 60-minute period during which occurs the maximum total traffic load in a given 24-hour period. The busy hour is determined by fitting a horizontal line segment equivalent to one hour under the traffic load curve about the peak load point.