TY - GEN
T1 - A MILP based design tool for FTTH access networks with consideration of demand growth
AU - Poon, Kin Fai
AU - Ouali, Anis
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The requirement of high bandwidth services such as High Definition TV over IPTV, online gaming, high speed Internet, etc. makes the deployment of FTTx networks the best choice to deliver those services. However, an optimal design of FTTx access networks requires the consideration of many factors, such as the type, number, position of component, cabling paths, demand distribution and future growth. With the manual approach, quality of designs often varies based on the planners' experience. In addition, the pressure imposed on the planner makes it impossible to produce an optimal design. In this paper, based on a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) approach, a design tool is proposed to automate the FTTH designs with respect to future growth. Different planning scenarios have been considered in order to investigate the impact of the future growth and the planning methodology on the planning cost with respect to the cost of materials/installation.
AB - The requirement of high bandwidth services such as High Definition TV over IPTV, online gaming, high speed Internet, etc. makes the deployment of FTTx networks the best choice to deliver those services. However, an optimal design of FTTx access networks requires the consideration of many factors, such as the type, number, position of component, cabling paths, demand distribution and future growth. With the manual approach, quality of designs often varies based on the planners' experience. In addition, the pressure imposed on the planner makes it impossible to produce an optimal design. In this paper, based on a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) approach, a design tool is proposed to automate the FTTH designs with respect to future growth. Different planning scenarios have been considered in order to investigate the impact of the future growth and the planning methodology on the planning cost with respect to the cost of materials/installation.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857477749
SN - 9781908320001
T3 - 2011 International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, ICITST 2011
SP - 544
EP - 549
BT - 2011 International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, ICITST 2011
T2 - 2011 International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, ICITST 2011
Y2 - 11 December 2011 through 14 December 2011
ER -