offered load

offered load definition - telecom
In frame relay, the data rate, as measured in bits per second (bps) offered to the network for delivery.The aggregate offered load can be less than the access rate supported by the access link and/or the port speed of the frame relay network device (FRND), but can never exceed whichever is less. See also access rate, data rate, frame relay, FRND, link, and port.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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