public PacketConsumption(ConfigFile cfg, int OUTPUTBUFFERS, long SEED)
    {
        //set the seed
        this.SEED = SEED;
        //set the configuration file
        this.cfg = cfg;
        //set the output buffers
        this.OUTPUTBUFFERS = OUTPUTBUFFERS;
        //create timing listing
        timing = new Queue[OUTPUTBUFFERS];
        //innitialize random selection of outputBuffer
        rnd = new Random(this.SEED);
    }