Open AccessTechno‐economic model of fibre‐to‐the‐home as 5G fronthaul: evaluation of capital expenditures
Author(s) -
Asgarirad Mohammadreza,
Nejati Jahromi Mansour,
Dana Arash
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iet communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1751-8636
pISSN - 1751-8628
DOI - 10.1049/iet-com.2020.0228
Subject(s) - software deployment , computer science , convergence (economics) , capital expenditure , telecommunications , passive optical network , cost reduction , linear programming , integer programming , integer (computer science) , dual (grammatical number) , operations research , business , finance , economics , marketing , wavelength division multiplexing , engineering , algorithm , wavelength , art , physics , literature , optoelectronics , programming language , economic growth , operating system
Fibre optics is the best solution for the deployment of 5G fronthaul, but it is expensive and time‐consuming. The use of a common fibre access network for fixed and mobile services results in cost reduction, quality of experience improvement, and synergy and convergence of the resources. Accordingly, in this study, a practical dual‐purpose techno‐economic model (FTTx + 5G) was introduced to evaluate its Capital Expenditures (CAPEX). Some technical, financial, and geographical data were also used for computation and comparing the costs in different situations by the integer linear programming method.