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A New Techno-Economic Modeling and Analysis for FTTH Optical Access Networks  

Lee, Young-Ho (Department of Industrial Systems and Information Engineering, Korea University)
Hahm, Tae-Hoon (Department of Industrial Systems and Information Engineering, Korea University)
Kim, Young-Jin (Department of Industrial Systems and Information Engineering, Korea University)
Han, Jung-Hee (College of Business Administration, Kangwon National University)
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IE interfaces / v.18, no.3, 2005 , pp. 277-287 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we deal with a new techno-economic modeling and analysis for optical access networks. In deploying the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture, network planner needs to consider the following techno-economic issues: when do we need to upgrade existing local access network to FTTH network? how much do we invest to maximize profit? In order to answer these techno-economic questions, we need to consider the impact of emerging technologies and business environment. Toward this end, we develop a new techno-economic modeling to deal with the inherent complexity of technology evolution and cost economics. In particular, the new modeling approach provides us with an techno-economic analysis of technology alternatives such as ethernet passive optical network (E-PON) and wavelength division multiplex passive optical network (WDM-PON). In this analysis, we focus on the impact of critical factors such as the cost characteristic of proposed architecture and digital subscriber line (DSL) subscriber's churn-in to FTTH service and churn-out. We develop mixed integer-programming models for finding the evolution path of local access networks to broadband network architectures.
Keywords
FTTH; optical access networks; techno-economic analysis; WDM-PON; network evolution;
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