Author_Institution :
Res. & Dev., TeleDenmark, Taastrup, Denmark
Abstract :
A techno-economic analysis of the installation, operation, administration, maintenance, and upgrade of backbone infrastructures for micro/pico-cellular networks is presented. Star, tree, and ring topologies are evaluated for twisted copper pair, fiber-optic, and microwave radio transmission technologies. It is shown that today, fiber-optic solutions in general are more expensive to install than twisted copper pair and microwave radio solutions. However, as shown, OAM and future bit rate upgrades change this situation depending on the specific application scenario, the prospective network lifetime, and the time of upgrade
Keywords :
cellular radio; economics; land mobile radio; maintenance engineering; microwave links; network topology; optical fibre networks; twisted pair cables; OAM; administration; backbone infrastructures; bit rate upgrades; fiber-optic transmission; installation; maintenance; metropolitan micro/pico-cellular mobile networks; microwave radio transmission; network lifetime; operation; ring topology; star topology; techno-economic analysis; tree topology; twisted copper pair; Base stations; Bit rate; Copper; Costs; Electromagnetic analysis; Electronic mail; Mobile communication; Research and development; Spine; Telecommunication network topology;
