Handbook of Optimization in Telecommunications M.G.C. Resende and P.M. Pardalos (Editors) Springer Science + Business Media, 2006.
Chapter 13
Telecommunications access network design
T. Carpenter and H. Luss
Abstract
A typical telecommunications network consists of a backbone network and multiple access networks. The investment in expanding and modernizing the access portion of the network is a significant part of the total. This chapter concentrates on describing representative models and solution approaches that are often found in access network design. Section 13.2 presents variations of concentrator location problems that play a major part in access network design. Section 13.3 focuses on current broadband access networks that deliver information at high speed, such as access networks that employ Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and cable TV technologies. Finally, Section 13.4 describes the design of survivable access networks; in particular, access networks with dual homing and access networks that employ ring topologies.
Keywords: Access networks, network design, routing, facility location, concentrator location, broadband services, survivable networks.