SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ON THE DESIGN OF TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS

• Author / Creator

  Todd, Brody

• The purpose of this work is to expand the understanding of how to efficiently and effectively plan the buildout and expansion of telecommunication networks. This was done by developing a planning framework that incorporates the full scope of inputs and outputs of the planning process as well as the stakeholders of the buildout process. In order to realize this framework a fulsome multi-period survivable network model was developed to better understand the influences of network augmentation over time. Lastly, a techno-economic planning model was developed that embodied the planning framework by incorporating input beyond just the estimated traffic demand and the corresponding network topology and capacity. The techno-economic model incorporated the user community’s ability to use the network as well as the potential for network stakeholders to influence this ability.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Techno-economic nettwork development
  • Network planning
  • Survivable network design

• Graduation date

  Spring 2018

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R30K26S5P

• License

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