68 research outputs found

    Optimized synergy in FTTH infrastructure deployment: pragmatic as well as structural approaches

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    Underground installation of utility infrastructures such as energy and telecoms is prevalent in large parts of Europe. As this labor-intensive trenching comprises 70% - 80% of deployment cost, the overall investment for Fiber-to-the-Home installations can be significant. Important reductions in these costs are possible by performing road works in synergy. With the increased level of detail in the geographical information bases containing all information on the installation per operator, opportunities for synergies are easier to spot and could lead to very important reductions in the operators' costs. Policy measures recently also give a lot of focus in facilitating the rollout of high-speed broadband networks and cross-utility coordination. Several approaches can be considered to really capture potential savings and benefits in the deployment phase. This paper discusses pragmatic as well as structural approaches towards deployment cost optimization based on synergetic rollout schemes

    Optimizing a joint multi-operator planning to reduce deployment costs and urban hinder

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    Unavailable roads and sidewalks are common in any city, often linked to utility works, urgent repairs, periodic maintenance or installing new infrastructure. Independent of the cause of the utility work, hinder for the city environment is common due to closed roads and associated diversions, unreachable shops, or noise disturbance for people near the construction sites. Despite the fact this could lead to less hinder and also to noteworthy cost reductions, on only a limited number of locations do utility operators decide to collaborate, mainly due to little communication between the different utility operators. To address this issue, we introduce an abstract score-based model which can score a multi-utility planning for both single-actor as well as multi-actor parameters. This model aims to maximally respect the budget of each actor, while optimizing the levels of synergy between multiple actors. Using Mixed Integer Linear Programming, a new synergy-focused multi-utility planning can be generated. This planning model has been applied to real data, thereby showing the model can increase the amount of collaboration expressed as 'number of weeks in collaboration' up to a significant 94%. As this is a theoretical model for a practical problem, an extensive sensitivity analysis was performed to verify the impact of the different parameters at play. We have shown the model is able to generate major improvements under a large range of constraints. Although the results are promising, we do argue that this solution should not be considered a black box to optimize a multi-utility planning without further human intervention

    Supporting strategic decisions in fiber-to-the-home deployments: techno-economic modeling in a multi-actor setting

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    Telecommunication Economics

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    This book constitutes a collaborative and selected documentation of the scientific outcome of the European COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel "A Telecommunications Economics COST Network" which run from October 2007 to October 2011. Involving experts from around 20 European countries, the goal of Econ@Tel was to develop a strategic research and training network among key people and organizations in order to enhance Europe's competence in the field of telecommunications economics. Reflecting the organization of the COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel in working groups the following four major research areas are addressed: - evolution and regulation of communication ecosystems; - social and policy implications of communication technologies; - economics and governance of future networks; - future networks management architectures and mechanisms
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