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Estimating trenching costs in FTTx network planning

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Operations Research Proceedings 2011

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In this paper we assess to which extent trenching costs of an FTTx network are unavoidable, even if technical side constraints are neglected. For that purpose we present an extended Steiner tree model. Using a variety of realistic problem instances we demonstrate that the total trenching cost can only be reduced by about 5 percent in realistic scenarios. This work has been funded by BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) within the program “KMU-innovativ”.

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  1. atesio GmbH, Bundesallee 89, 12161, Berlin, Germany

    Sebastian Orlowski & Roland Wessäly

  2. Zuse Institute Berlin, Takustraße 7, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Axel Werner

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  1. Institut für, Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Universität Zürich, Moussonstrasse, Zurich, 8044, Switzerland

    Diethard Klatte

  2. Inst. Operations Research, ETH Zürich, Rämistr. 101, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland

    Hans-Jakob Lüthi

  3. Institut für, Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Universität Zürich, Moussonstrasse 15, Zurich, 8044, Switzerland

    Karl Schmedders

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Orlowski, S., Werner, A., Wessäly, R. (2012). Estimating trenching costs in FTTx network planning. In: Klatte, D., Lüthi, HJ., Schmedders, K. (eds) Operations Research Proceedings 2011. Operations Research Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29210-1_15

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