Economic Considerations for Communication Systems

Developments in communications techniques and equipment provide the user with a wide choice of means and systems to obtain the desired quantity and quality of service. At the same time, increasing requirements for communications and the need for transmitting different kinds of information with higher speeds and reliability, a high degree of invulnerability and increased capacity have increased the complexity of systems and the quantity and types of equipment used in them. These factors, sometimes conflicting, have had an impact on communication system costs. The cost of different kinds of systems and equipment will be analyzed and general rules provided for cost estimating with due consideration of the above items.