Business prospects of wide-scale deployment of free space optical technology as a last-mile solution: a techno-economic evaluation

@article{citeulike:3064260, abstract = {A technoeconomic evaluation of the business prospects of a wide-scale deployment of free space optical (FSO) technology as a last-mile solution is carried out. The evaluation is based on a technoeconomic tool that taking into account network topology, area characteristics, service demand, and price evolution forecasts, estimates key economic figures-of-merit. It is shown that FSO technology could provide a viable alternative in situations where the duct availability is limited, and fiber-to-the-home/office or fiber-to-the-cabinet scenarios have negative or less favorable business prospects. Hybrid fiber/FSO scenarios are also investigated taking into account different FSO coverage conditions.}, author = {Rokkas, Theodore and Kamalakis, Thomas and Katsianis, Dimitris and Varoutas, Dimitris and Sphicopoulos, Thomas }, citeulike-article-id = {3064260}, journal = {J. Opt. Netw.}, keywords = {engineering\_management, information\_economics, informationeconomics, network\_economics, networkeconomics, networks, optical\_communications, technoeconomics, telecommunications}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {860--870}, posted-at = {2008-08-29 14:53:08}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Business prospects of wide-scale deployment of free space optical technology as a last-mile solution: a techno-economic evaluation}, url = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=138514}, volume = {6}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3064260 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3064260 N2 - A technoeconomic evaluation of the business prospects of a wide-scale deployment of free space optical (FSO) technology as a last-mile solution is carried out. The evaluation is based on a technoeconomic tool that taking into account network topology, area characteristics, service demand, and price evolution forecasts, estimates key economic figures-of-merit. It is shown that FSO technology could provide a viable alternative in situations where the duct availability is limited, and fiber-to-the-home/office or fiber-to-the-cabinet scenarios have negative or less favorable business prospects. Hybrid fiber/FSO scenarios are also investigated taking into account different FSO coverage conditions. IS - 7 JF - J. Opt. Netw. EP - 870 TI - Business prospects of wide-scale deployment of free space optical technology as a last-mile solution: a techno-economic evaluation PB - OSA VL - 6 SP - 860 KW - engineering_management KW - information_economics KW - informationeconomics KW - network_economics KW - networkeconomics KW - networks KW - optical_communications KW - technoeconomics KW - telecommunications AU - Rokkas, Theodore AU - Kamalakis, Thomas AU - Katsianis, Dimitris AU - Varoutas, Dimitris AU - Sphicopoulos, Thomas PY - 2007/07/02/ UR - http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=138514 ER -