Estimate the volume of data a WiFi user population transfers over a day, month, or custom planning period. Rather than treating the advertised link speed as continuous traffic, this calculator combines average active throughput with active hours and utilization. The result helps compare traffic assumptions with internet service allowances, gateway counters, storage, or backhaul plans while keeping protocol overhead separate.
The main result is decimal terabytes transferred over the selected planning period. Daily and per-user figures make the assumptions easier to compare with measured counters or plan limits.
Traffic varies by application, day, and user. This is a volume estimate, not a peak-throughput or radio-capacity calculation.
For 120 users at 3 Mbps, 6 active hours per day, 25% utilization, and 30 days, payload traffic is 7.29 TB. Adding 8% overhead gives 7.87 TB.
No. Use average throughput while a user is active. Peak link speed would usually overstate transferred data.
A user rarely transfers at the entered throughput continuously. Utilization represents the active-time share actually carrying traffic.
The base result represents traffic at the entered rate. Add an overhead percentage if your metering or backhaul plan includes transport and protocol overhead.
Enter the users represented in the daily estimate. The active-hours and utilization inputs already describe how much each user transfers.
Use the displayed total for the selected number of days, then add a separate growth and contingency allowance suitable for your operation.
| Variable | Meaning | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Users | Population included in the estimate | count |
| Active rate | Average payload throughput while active | Mbps |
| Active hours | Daily active window per user | hours/day |
| Utilization | Share of active window carrying traffic | % |
| Overhead | Additional non-payload traffic allowance | % |