Techno-economic model of fibre-to-the-home as 5G fronthaul: evaluation of capital expendituresInspec keywordsOther keywords

Fibre optics is the best solution for the deployment of 5G fronthaul, but it is expensive and time-consuming. The use of a common fibre access network for fixed and mobile services results in cost reduction, quality of experience improvement, and synergy and convergence of the resources. Accordingly, in this study, a practical dual-purpose techno-economic model (FTTx + 5G) was introduced to evaluate its Capital Expenditures (CAPEX). Some technical, financial, and geographical data were also used for computation and comparing the costs in different situations by the integer linear programming method.