Research Article
Access networks for mobility A techno-economic model for broadband access technologies
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976221, author={Jo\"{a}o Paulo Ribeiro Pereira and Pedro Ferreira}, title={Access networks for mobility A techno-economic model for broadband access technologies}, proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM}, year={2009}, month={5}, keywords={Access Networks Broadband Access Technologies Techno-economic cost model}, doi={10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976221} }- João Paulo Ribeiro Pereira
Pedro Ferreira
Year: 2009
Access networks for mobility A techno-economic model for broadband access technologies
TRIDENTCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976221
Abstract
The two main challenges for the access networks are the increasing bandwidth demand and mobility trends. The "triple play" services required (Internet, telephone and TV services) lead to a great increase in bandwidth demand. However, the existing access networks are not able to support this increase, and the capacity to delivery broadband services remain as a challenge ("last mile problem"). The access network remains a bottleneck in terms of the bandwidth and service quality it affords the end user. Besides the bandwidth, other great challenge to access networks is the mobility and the user need to have internet access anywhere and anytime. Then, the increasing demand of "quad-play" (also known as quadruple-play) services, including video, voice, data and mobility, have created new challenges to the modern broadband wireless/wired access networks. This document proposes a techno-economic model to support the new requirements of fixed and nomadic users.