Designing Low Cost Access Networks with IPTV Performance Constraints

Author

Chamberland, Steven

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Software Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montreal, QC

fYear

2008

fDate

28-30 April 2008

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

52

Abstract

In this paper, we propose to tackle the global problem of designing an access network in order to have enough bandwidth to offer high definition television (HDTV) over the Internet protocol (IPTV). Two important access network architectures are considered: the fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and the fiber- to-the-premises (FTTP) architectures. An integer mathematical programming model is proposed for this network planning problem. Next, a heuristic algorithm based on the tabu search principle is proposed to find "good" feasible solutions within a reasonable amount of computational time. Finally, numerical results are presented and analyzed.

Keywords

IP networks; high definition television; integer programming; search problems; subscriber loops; telecommunication network planning; IPTV performance constraints; Internet protocol; fiber-to-the-node; fiber-to-the-premises; high definition television; integer mathematical programming; low cost access networks; network planning; tabu search principle; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Costs; HDTV; IP networks; IPTV; Mathematical model; Mathematical programming; TV;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Next Generation Internet Networks, 2008. NGI 2008

Conference_Location

Krakow

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1784-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NGI.2008.13

Filename

4510785