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The Impact of Geography and Demography on the Economics of Fibre Optic Access Networks

Authors:
Raquel Castro Madureira
A. Manuel Oliveira Duarte
Raquel Matias-Fonseca
Carina Pais
Jorge Carvalho

Keywords: GPON techno-economics; access network fiber deployment; urban dispersion; local scale; utilities.

Abstract:
This article presents a study relative to the influence that demographic and geographic conditions have on the economics of fiber optic telecommunications access networks. This approach differs from other studies by merging classical techno-economic evaluation methods with geographic engineering tools and models. This analysis is part of a project to identify the costs of all type of utilities´ infra-structures as a function of the degree of urban dispersion. The work presented in this paper is the quantification of a PON network using an approach that combines fiber optics engineering and deployment with geographic tools.

Pages: 157 to 162

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: November 18, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2163-9027

ISBN: 978-1-61208-231-8

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 18, 2012 to November 23, 2012