Journal article
Cost Competitiveness of Fiber-Optic Infrastructures for Metropolitan Micro/Pico-Cellular Mobile Networks
In
Ieee Photonics Technology Letters
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1998, Volume 10, Issue 3, pp. 459-461
Abstract
The cost competitiveness of fiber-optic backbone infrastructures for mobile communication networks is investigated with respect to installation, operation, administration, and maintenance. Fiber-optic star, tree, and ring infrastructures are evaluated and compared to twisted copper pair star and microwave radio tree infrastructures.
It is shown that today, fiber-optic solutions are, in general, more expensive than both twisted copper pair and microwave radio solutions. However, the optimum infrastructure depends on the specific network scenario, and fiber optics show potential for large mobile networks with small cells.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Pages: | 459-461 |
| ISSN: | 19410174 and 10411135 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1109/68.661443 |
