Influence of schematic network topology models over real physical networks

Network planning methods are evolving to a more automated procedure for designing high investment networks. This automated procedure focuses on the optimization of the economical investment and reliability of the network system. For these purposes, models of networks are used and integrated to be able to compare different potential solutions for a certain region in a fast but efficient way. In this work, the goal is to contribute to this model definition by analyzing the relation between schematic network models with real physical implementations. This study establishes some of the approximations to predict the length of the network when implemented as regular topologies before applying any of the planning procedures. These approximations will reduce the resources and time consuming of topology decision being able to focus on the digging planning optimization by discarding the potentially bad option for a given region.