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This paper introduces a phase planning concept to the imminent copper-fiber switch-over action. Traditional copper loops are to be replaced by modern fiber lines in order to keep up with the current evolution of data communications. This work proposes two novel approaches of how to schedule this transition by systematically selecting the most attractive areas, in terms of economic efficiency, to be upgraded first. These are alternatively based on 1) distance to the access point and 2)population density, and the overall plan is divided into three phases. In both cases the final network solution is the same, but the different prioritization on what areas to upgrade first implies a different distribution of the investment over the deployment period. Two case studies using real geographical data in Denmark show these differences, and the results suggest that planning the phases based on population density is more favourable in terms of economic efficiency.
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Gutierrez, J.M., Jensen, M., Henius, M., Pedersen, J.M. (2013). Phase Planning for Overall Copper-Fiber Switch-over. In: Tsaoussidis, V., Kassler, A.J., Koucheryavy, Y., Mellouk, A. (eds) Wired/Wireless Internet Communication. WWIC 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7889. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38401-1_7
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