Patent ID: 8660262

Claim:
A method for generating random wait states by a computer processor, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a threshold value (t) from a threshold value state variable (s) by means of a threshold value allocation; b) comparing the threshold value (t) with a random number (r), and, depending on the comparison, setting a wait state indicator (w) to a first value or to a second value, wherein one of these values represents a wait state and the other a non-wait state, in accordance with: b1) if the random number (r) is less than the threshold value (t), the wait state indicator (w) is set to the first value, and a first calculation rule (R 1 ) which does not increase the allocated threshold value (t) is applied to the threshold value state variable(s); b2) if the random number (r) is greater than the threshold value (t), the wait state indicator (w) is set to the second value, and a second calculation rule (R 2 ) which does not reduce the allocated threshold value (t) is applied to the threshold value state variable(s); b3) at least in one of b1) and b2), a first limit condition for the threshold value state variable (s) is checked, and if the first limit condition is satisfied, regardless of b1) and b2), the wait state indicator (w) is forcibly set to the value representing the non-wait state; and c) determining whether to initiate the wait state based on whether the wait state indicator(w) is set to the first or second value.