Network Planning of Broadband Wireless Networks

Ramesh Bollapragada (), Thomas B. Morawski (), Luz E. Pinzon (), Steven H. Richman () and Raymond Sackett ()
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Ramesh Bollapragada: Decision Sciences Department, College of Business, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132; and Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
Thomas B. Morawski: Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
Luz E. Pinzon: Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
Steven H. Richman: Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
Raymond Sackett: Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733

Interfaces, 2007, vol. 37, issue 2, 143-162

Abstract: To deploy broadband networks, service providers, such as competing local exchange carriers, need robust plans for providing various types, amounts, and locations of services at competitive prices. Broadband networks generally consist of an access component (wireless access), a concentration component (a wireless aggregation point or hub), a service routing or distribution component (a central office or metro switch), and various combined or separate distribution components (a long-haul backbone data or voice network). Because access, aggregation, and routing or distribution vary greatly in requirements, we developed a method and platform for planning the components of fixed-wireless-broadband (FWB) systems for local loop access. We have helped various service providers to analyze and design many networking scenarios using our methods. The service providers have used these scenarios and their predicted financial outcomes to plan FWB access networks tailored to meet their marketing and financial goals. By implementing our method, one service provider has improved its planning process, achieved a competitive advantage in its markets, and increased its annual service revenues by tens of millions of dollars.

Keywords: technology; network; models; facilities; equipment planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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