Comparison of Cost for Different Coverage Scenarios between Copper and Fiber Access Networks

Author

Jensen, Michael ; Nielsen, Rasmus Hjorth ; Madsen, Ole Brun

Author_Institution

Center for Network Planning, Aalborg Univ.

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Feb. 2006

Firstpage

2015

Lastpage

2018

Abstract

As the demand for bandwidth in broadband Internet connections to private households are increasing, the current copper network in Denmark is facing a considerable upgrade to meet the governments goal of equal access to everyone. In this paper an analysis is presented concerning the coverages of households for a variety of xDSL technologies. A cost estimation has been made when expanding the current copper infrastructure to provide VDSL connections to all households in a municipality in Denmark. This is compared to the price of providing fiber to the home (FTTH) in the same area. Furthermore, the prices of providing FTTH to the coverage areas of those comparable with VDSL are estimated

Keywords

Internet; digital subscriber lines; VDSL connections; broadband Internet connections; communication network planning; copper access networks; cost estimation; coverage scenarios; fiber access networks; xDSL technologies; Bandwidth; Cable TV; Copper; Costs; Digital TV; Government; IP networks; Internet; Modems; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Communication Network Planning; Degrees of Coverage; Deployment Cost; ICT-infrastructure; Next Generation Net-work Technologies; Upgrading Cur-rent ICT-infrastructure;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, 2006. ICACT 2006. The 8th International Conference

Conference_Location

Phoenix Park

Print_ISBN

89-5519-129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2006.206391

Filename

1625996