Economic analysis of future access network deployment and operation

Author

Lannoo, Bart ; Kantor, Miroslaw ; Wosinska, Lena ; Casier, Koen ; Van Ooteghem, Jan ; Verbrugge, Sofie ; Chen, Jiajia ; Wajda, Krzysztof ; Pickavet, Mario

Author_Institution

Dep. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ. - IBBT, Ghent, Belgium

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper we take into account the business aspects of building wireless and optical access networks. A detailed view on broadband access network deployment costs, including both capital (CapEx) and operational expenditures (OpEx) is given. Main cost components of optical and wireless access networks have been identified, and the deployment costs of different architectures have also been presented.

Keywords

broadband networks; optical fibre networks; radio access networks; access network deployment; broadband access network; capital expenditures; economic analysis; operational expenditures; optical access networks; wireless access networks; Coaxial cables; Costs; DSL; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; WiMAX; Wireless networks; CapEx; OpEx; access network; optical; wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Azores

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4825-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4827-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2009.5184989

Filename

5184989