Link load 

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So you need about all stuff.

The implementation

Link load is estimated as average bytesize / lifetime.
Probability is the chance that the observer moves in a worst-case direction.
P=1/6 for simplified polygon objects (normal and incremental coded), as only moving towards the object will result in refresh of the model
for the other models, P=5/6 as only moving away from the object will not require model updates. 

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Some plots

Standard full-range linkload vs distance and lifetime,
normal complexity (k=5)
Restricted polygon budget 500 polygons
Standard full-range linkload vs distance and lifetime,
high complexity (k=30)
Max 500 polygons.
Lower quality polygons setting but highquality textures. Normal complexity (k=5)
Standard full-range linkload vs distance and lifetime,
normal complexity (k=5) but with R=10

Converted by Mathematica      February 7, 2002